無心

See also: 无心

Chinese

		not have	heart; mind
trad. (無心)		無	心
simp. (无心)		无	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ sam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-sîm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wúxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wushin
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ sam¹
  - Yale: mòuh sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ sem¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: moˇ xim´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo² xim¹
  - IPA: /mo¹¹ ɕim²⁴/

Adjective

無心

without the desire or intention; unwitting

Adverb

無心

unwittingly
not in the mood to
《無心睡眠》 / 《无心睡眠》 [Literary Cantonese] ― “mou⁴ sam¹ seoi⁶ min⁴” [Jyutping] ― "Not in the Mood to Sleep" (a song by Leslie Cheung)

Noun

無心

(Buddhism) state of no-mindness

Derived terms

有口無心／有口无心 (yǒukǒu-wúxīn)

無心插柳柳成蔭／无心插柳柳成荫 (wúxīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yìn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無心):

→ Japanese: 無 (む)心 (しん) (mushin)
→ Korean: 무심 (無心, musim)
→ Vietnamese: vô tâm (無心)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	心
む Grade: 4	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

無心 (hiragana むしん, rōmaji mushin)

being something that has no heart, as a plant or rock
unreservedly asking people for money
(Buddhism) setting free one's mind from distracting thoughts

Verb

無心する (hiragana むしんする, rōmaji mushin suru)

beg someone for

Noun

無心 (hiragana むしん, rōmaji mushin)

innocence; having not a care in the world
imprudence or lack of judgment; naïveté
lack of sophistication; innocence

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