無邊

Chinese

		not have	side; edge; margin side; edge; margin; border; boundary
trad. (無邊)		無	邊
simp. (无边)		无	边

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúbiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄅㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ bin¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bû-pian

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ biêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúbiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄅㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúbian
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-pien¹
    • Yale: wú-byān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wubian
    • Palladius: убянь (ubjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ bin¹
    • Yale: mòuh bīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ bin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ bin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ piːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-pian
    • Tâi-lô: bû-pian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bu'piefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² piɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² piɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² piɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ piɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ piɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bho⁵ biêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô pieng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pieŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: mju pen

Rime
Character	無	邊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	武夫切	布玄切
Baxter	mju	pen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/pen/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/pen/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/pɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/pɛn/
Li Rong	/mio/	/pen/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/pien/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/pien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	biān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou4	bin1

Adjective

無邊

1. without boundary; not bordered

   佛法無邊。／佛法无边。  ―  Fófǎ wúbiān.  ―  The Buddha-dharma is boundless.

   • 無邊落木蕭蕭下，不盡長江滾滾來。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     无边落木萧萧下，不尽长江滚滚来。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 767, Du Fu (杜甫), A Long Climb (《登高》). English translation by Witter Bynner.

     Wúbiān luòmù xiāoxiāo xià, bùjìn Chángjiāng gǔngǔn lái. [Pinyin]

     Leaves are dropping down like the spray of a waterfall,
     While I watch the long river always rolling on.

Synonyms

• 光大 (guāngdà)
• 宏大 (hóngdà)
• 寬大／宽大 (kuāndà)
• 寬闊／宽阔 (kuānkuò)
• 巨大 (jùdà)
• 廣／广
• 廣大／广大 (guǎngdà)
• 廣闊／广阔 (guǎngkuò)
• 龐／庞 (literary, or in compounds)
• 龐大／庞大 (pángdà)
• 洪大 (hóngdà)
• 浩大 (hàodà)
• 甚大 (shèndà) (literary)
• 莽莽 (mǎngmǎng)
• 蕩／荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative, of an area)
• 遼闊／辽阔 (liáokuò)

 

Derived terms

• 一望無邊／一望无边
• 應用無邊／应用无边
• 法力無邊／法力无边 (fǎlìwúbiān)
• 法術無邊／法术无边
• 漫無邊際／漫无边际
• 無始無邊／无始无边
• 無邊無際／无边无际 (wúbiānwújì)
• 無邊苦海／无边苦海
• 無邊風月／无边风月
• 苦海無邊／苦海无边
• 苦海無邊，回頭是岸／苦海无边，回头是岸
• 風月無邊／风月无边

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無邊):

• → Vietnamese: vô biên (無邊)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
無	邊

Adjective

無邊

1. chữ Hán form of vô biên (“without boundary, limitless, boundless”).