無緣無故

See also: 无缘无故

Chinese

		not have	along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge	not have	happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old
trad. (無緣無故)		無	緣	無	故
simp. (无缘无故)		无	缘	无	故
Built on 緣故／缘故 (yuángù).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúyuánwúgù

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄨˊ ㄍㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ jyun⁴ mou⁴ gu³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-yèn-mò-ku / mò-yàn-mò-ku
Min Nan (POJ): bô-iân-bô-kò͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wúyuánwúgù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄨˊ ㄍㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuyuanwuguh
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ y̯ɛn³⁵ u³⁵ ku⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ jyun⁴ mou⁴ gu³
  - Yale: mòuh yùhn mòuh gu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ jyn⁴ mou⁴ gu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ yun⁴ mou⁴ gu³
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ jyːn²¹ mou̯²¹ kuː³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-yèn-mò-ku
  - Hakka Romanization System: moˇ ienˇ moˇ gu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo² yan² mo² gu⁴
  - IPA: /mo¹¹ i̯en¹¹ mo¹¹ ku⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-yàn-mò-ku
  - Hakka Romanization System: moˇ (r)ianˇ moˇ gu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo² yan² mo² gu⁴
  - IPA: /mo¹¹ (j)i̯an¹¹ mo¹¹ ku⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-iân-bô-kò͘
  - Tâi-lô: bô-iân-bô-kòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boi'ienboi'kox
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² iɛn¹³⁻²² bo¹³⁻²² kɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ iɛn²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ kɔ²¹/

Adverb

無緣無故

without cause or reason; for no reason at all

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 無啦啦／无啦啦
(Min Nan) 無因致端／无因致端, 無因端／无因端, 無事無白／无事无白, 無代無誌／无代无志, 無底無代／无底无代

See also

突然 (tūrán, “suddenly”)

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