See also: 无谓

Chinese edit

not have speak of
trad. (無謂)
simp. (无谓)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (35)
Final () (24) (21)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mju hjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɨo/ /ɦʉiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/mio/ /ɦʷɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/mio/ /ɣiuəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muə̆/ /ɦujH/
Li
Rong
/mio/ /ɣiuəiH/
Wang
Li
/mĭu/ /ɣĭwəiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯u/ /we̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mou4 wai6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wèi
Middle
Chinese
‹ mju › ‹ hjw+jH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ma/ /*[ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/
English not have say, tell, call

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13117 12943
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ma/ /*ɢuds/

Adjective edit

無謂

  1. pointless; idle
    無謂无谓 [Cantonese]  ―  gong2 di1 mou4 wai6 je5 [Jyutping]  ―  talk about nonsense things