無因致端
Chinese
| not have | cause; reason; because | to send; to devote; to deliver to send; to devote; to deliver; to cause; to convey |
end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold something level with both hands; to carry; regular | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (無因致端) | 無 | 因 | 致 | 端 | |
| simp. (无因致端) | 无 | 因 | 致 | 端 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-in-tì-toaⁿ / bô-in-tì-toan
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-in-tì-toaⁿ
- Tâi-lô: bô-in-tì-tuann
- Phofsit Daibuun: boi'indie'dvoaf
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² in³³ ti⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tuã³³/
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² in⁴⁴⁻²² ti²¹⁻⁵³ tuã⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-in-tì-toan
- Tâi-lô: bô-in-tì-tuan
- Phofsit Daibuun: boi'indie'doafn
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² in⁴⁴⁻²² ti²¹⁻⁵³ tuan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
Adverb
無因致端
- (Southern Min) without cause or reason; for no reason at all
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 無故 (“for no reason”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 無故, 無端, 無緣無故, 平白無故 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 無因白故 |
| Taiwan | 無緣無故 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 無端端, 無情白事, 無端白事, 無啦啦 |
| Hong Kong | 無端端, 無情白事, 無端白事, 無啦啦, 無情情, 無神神, 無緣無故 | |
| Taishan | 無情白事 | |
| Dongguan | 無頭白事, 無端端 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 無緣無故, 平白無故 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 無因端, 無因致端, 無因無端, 無事無白, 無代無誌 |
| Quanzhou | 無因端, 無因致端, 無代無誌 | |
| Zhangzhou | 無因端, 無因致端, 無底無代, 無代無誌 | |
| Tainan | 無因致端, 無因無故, 無代無誌 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 無意無思, buta, 干焦 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 無情冇事, 無嗟冇事 |