See also: 无限

Chinese

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not have limit; bound
trad. (無限)
simp. (无限)
 
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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (33)
Final () (24) (73)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III II
Fanqie
Baxter mju heanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɨo/ /ɦˠɛnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/mio/ /ɦᵚænX/
Shao
Rongfen
/mio/ /ɣænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muə̆/ /ɦəɨnX/
Li
Rong
/mio/ /ɣɛnX/
Wang
Li
/mĭu/ /ɣænX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯u/ /ɣănX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mou4 haan6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiàn
Middle
Chinese
‹ mju › ‹ mju › ‹ mju › ‹ hɛnX ›
Old
Chinese
/*ma/ /*ma/ /*mo/ /*[ɡ]ˁrə[n]ʔ/
English not have volitional prefix don’t obstacle, limit

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 3916
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ma/ /*ɡrɯːnʔ/

Adjective

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無限

  1. boundless; immeasurable; infinite; limitless; unlimited
    前途無限前途无限  ―  qiántú wúxiàn  ―  bright future (literally, “one's future is infinite”)
    無限可能无限可能  ―  wúxiàn kěnéng  ―  infinite possibilities
    無限流量套餐无限流量套餐  ―  wúxiàn liúliàng tàocān  ―  unlimited data plan

Noun

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無限

  1. infinity

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (無限):
  • Japanese: 無限(むげん) (mugen)
  • Korean: 무한(無限) (muhan)
  • Vietnamese: vô hạn (無限)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
げん
Grade: 5
goon

Etymology

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May be a learned borrowing from Chinese 無限无限 (wúxiàn, literally without + limit). First cited to 1881 in the 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, Philosophical Vocabulary) as a translation of English infinite.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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()(げん) (mugen-na (adnominal ()(げん) (mugen na), adverbial ()(げん) (mugen ni))

  1. [from 1901] unlimited, infinite, endless

Inflection

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Antonyms

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Noun

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()(げん) (mugen

  1. [from 1881] (philosophy, general) infinity, unlimitedness, endlessness
    ()(げん)(めぐ)もの、ウラモグ
    Mugen ni Megurumono, Uramogu
    Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
  2. [from 1889] (mathematics) infinity

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 無限”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Inoue, Tetsujirō (1881) 哲学字彙 [Dictionary of Philosophy]‎[2], University of Tokyo, page 44
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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無限 (muhan) (hangeul 무한)

  1. hanja form? of 무한 (infinity)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

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無限

  1. chữ Hán form of vô hạn (infinite; unlimited; boundless).