無恥

See also: 无耻

Chinese

		not have	shame; disgrace
trad. (無恥/無耻)		無	恥/耻
simp. (无耻)		无	耻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúchǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄔˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ ci²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bû-thí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ ci²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúchǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄔˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúchǐh
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-chʻih³
    • Yale: wú-chř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuchyy
    • Palladius: учи (uči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ ci²
    • Yale: mòuh chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ tsi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ t͡sʰiː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-thí
    • Tâi-lô: bû-thí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bu'tie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² tʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² tʰi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² tʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ tʰi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bho⁵ ci²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô tshí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: mju trhiX

Rime
Character	無	恥
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武夫切	敕里切
Baxter	mju	trhiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/ʈʰɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/ʈʰɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/ȶʰieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/ʈʰɨX/
Li Rong	/mio/	/ȶʰiəX/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/ȶʰĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/ȶʰiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	chǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou4	ci2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ma|mo  n̥rəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ma  n̥ʰɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	無	無	無	恥
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wú	wú	wú	chǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ mju ›	‹ mju ›	‹ mju ›	‹ trhiX ›
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*ma/	/*mo/	/*n̥rəʔ/
English	not have	volitional prefix	don’t	shame; ashamed
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	無	恥
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13117	2780
Phonetic component	無	耳
Rime group	魚	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	無	恥
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*n̥ʰɯʔ/

Adjective

無恥

1. shameless; brazen; impudent

   無恥至極／无耻至极  ―  wúchǐ zhìjí  ―  extremely shameless

   • 蕩而不靜，勝而無恥。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     荡而不静，胜而无耻。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Dàng ér bù jìng, shèng ér wúchǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 厚顏／厚颜 (hòuyán)
• (Hong Kong) 禮義廉／礼义廉

Derived terms

• 卑鄙無恥／卑鄙无耻 (bēibǐwúchǐ)
• 厚顏無恥／厚颜无耻 (hòuyánwúchǐ)
• 無恥之尤／无耻之尤 (wúchǐzhīyóu)
• 荒淫無恥／荒淫无耻 (huāngyínwúchǐ)