無名

See also: 无名

Chinese

		not have	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (無名)		無	名
simp. (无名)		无	名
Literally: “to not have a name”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ ming⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vù-miàng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-bêng / bô-miâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúmíng
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-ming²
    • Yale: wú-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuming
    • Palladius: умин (umin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ ming⁴
    • Yale: mòuh mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 無名／无名 無明／无明

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-miàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: vuˇ miangˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vu² miang²
    • Sinological IPA: /vu¹¹ mi̯aŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: bû-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bu'beeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-miâ
    • Tâi-lô: bô-miâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boimiaa
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² miã²⁴/

Adjective

無名

1. (attributive) anonymous; nameless
2. unknown; unnotable; unremarkable
3. unexplainable; inexplicable

Antonyms

• 有名 (yǒumíng)

Derived terms

• 無名之輩／无名之辈
• 無名小卒／无名小卒 (wúmíng xiǎozú)
• 無名戰死／无名战死
• 無名指／无名指 (wúmíngzhǐ)
• 無名氏／无名氏 (wúmíngshì)
• 無名火／无名火 (wúmínghuǒ)
• 無名英雄／无名英雄 (wúmíngyīngxióng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無名):

• → Japanese: 無名(むめい) (mumei)
• → Korean: 무명(無名) (mumyeong)
• → Vietnamese: vô danh (無名)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	名
む Grade: 4	めい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 無名／无名 (mju mjieng, literally “not have + name”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むめー [mùméé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟me̞ː]

Noun

無(む)名(めい) • (mumei) 

1. namelessness, unnamedness, lack of name

   無名(むめい)の病(やまい)

   mumei no yamai

   a nameless disease

2. unknownness, unnotability, lack of fame

   無名(むめい)の新人(しんじん)

   mumei no shinjin

   an unknown newcomer

   無名(むめい)選手(せんしゅ)

   mumei senshu

   an unknown player

3. anonymity

   無名(むめい)の手紙(てがみ)

   mumei no tegami

   an anonymous letter

Usage notes

Often used attributively to modify other nouns, using the particle の (no).

Antonyms

• 有名(ゆうめい) (yūmei, “famous”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
無	名

Noun

無名 • (mumyeong) (hangeul 무명)

1. hanja form^? of 무명 (“nameless, unknown”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
無	名

Adjective

無名

1. chữ Hán form of vô danh (“nameless; unnamed anonymous”).