無言

See also: 无言

Chinese

		not have	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (無言)		無	言
simp. (无言)		无	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúyán

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ jin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vù-ngièn / vù-ngiàn
Min Nan (POJ): bô-giân / bô-gân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: wúyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuyan
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    無言／无言
    無顏／无颜
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ jin⁴
  - Yale: mòuh yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ yin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ jiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: vuˇ ngienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vu² ngian²
  - IPA: /vu¹¹ ɲi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: vuˇ ngianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vu² ngian²
  - IPA: /vu¹¹ ɲi̯an¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-giân
  - Tâi-lô: bô-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boi'gieen
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² giɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ giɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ giɛn²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-gân
  - Tâi-lô: bô-gân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boi'gaan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² gan¹³/

Verb

無言

to have nothing to say; to be silent

Derived terms

啞口無言／哑口无言 (yǎkǒuwúyán)
啞然無言／哑然无言
嘿嘿無言／嘿嘿无言
木訥無言／木讷无言
杜口無言／杜口无言
桃李無言，下自成蹊／桃李无言，下自成蹊
無言不讎，無德不報／无言不雠，无德不报

無言以對／无言以对
無言症／无言症
相對無言／相对无言
緘口無言／缄口无言
閉口無言／闭口无言
頓口無言／顿口无言
默默無言／默默无言

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無言):

→ Japanese: 無 (む)言 (げん) (mugen); 無 (む)言 (ごん) (mugon)
→ Korean: 무언 (無言, mueon)

See also

無語／无语 (wúyǔ)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
無	言
む Grade: 4	ごん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) むごん [mùgóń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɡõ̞ɴ]

Noun

無言 (hiragana むごん, rōmaji mugon)

silence
その無 (む)言 (ごん)は多 (おお)くを語 (かた)っている。
Sono mugon wa ōku o katatteiru.
That silence is saying much.

Derived terms

無 (む)言 (ごん)歌 (か) (mugonka)
無言劇 (むごんげき) (mugongeki, “pantomime”)
無言交易 (むごんこうえき) (mugon kōeki, “silent trade”)
無 (む)言 (ごん)症 (しょう) (mugonshō, “mutism”)
無 (む)言 (ごん)の行 (ぎょう) (mugon no gyō, “practising silence”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
無	言
む Grade: 4	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) むげん [mùgéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

無言 (hiragana むげん, rōmaji mugen)

silence

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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