無緣

Chinese

		not have	along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge
trad. (無緣)		無	緣
simp. (无缘)		无	缘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ jyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-yèn / mò-yàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-iân / bô-iân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúyuán
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-yüan²
    • Yale: wú-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuyuan
    • Palladius: уюань (ujuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ jyun⁴
    • Yale: mòuh yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ jyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-yèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: moˇ ienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ i̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-yàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: moˇ (r)ianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ (j)i̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-iân
    • Tâi-lô: bû-iân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bu'ieen
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² iɛn¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-iân
    • Tâi-lô: bô-iân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'ieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ iɛn²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ iɛn²⁴/

Verb

無緣

1. to have not the chance or luck (to do something)
2. to have no way (of doing something); to not be in a position (to do something)