無期

See also: 无期

Chinese

		not have	a period of time; phase; stage a period of time; phase; stage; (used for issue of a periodical, courses of study); time; term; period; to hope
trad. (無期)		無	期
simp. (无期)		无	期

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúqī, wúqí

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄑㄧ, ㄨˊ ㄑㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ kei⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-kî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúqī
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄑㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúci
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-chʻi¹
  - Yale: wú-chī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuchi
  - Palladius: уци (uci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúqí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄑㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúcí
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-chʻi²
  - Yale: wú-chí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuchyi
  - Palladius: уци (uci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ kei⁴
  - Yale: mòuh kèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ kei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ kéi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ kʰei̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-kî
  - Tâi-lô: bû-kî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bu'kii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² ki¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ ki²³/

Verb

無期

(often attributive) to have no fixed time frame; to be indefinite

Antonyms

有期 (yǒuqī)

Derived terms

無期別／无期别
無期徒刑／无期徒刑 (wúqī túxíng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	期
む Grade: 4	き Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 無(む) (mu, “no, without”) + 期(き) (ki, “period, time”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝkʲi]

Noun

無(む)期(き) • (muki)

indefinite

Derived terms

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