無故

See also: 无故

Chinese

		not have	reason
trad. (無故)		無	故
simp. (无故)		无	故

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúgù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄍㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúgù
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-ku⁴
  - Yale: wú-gù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuguh
  - Palladius: угу (ugu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ku⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ gu³
  - Yale: mòuh gu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ gu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ gu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ kuː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-ku
  - Hakka Romanization System: vu^ˇ gu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vu² gu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /vu¹¹ ku⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: vu¹ gu³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /vu¹¹ ku⁴⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ù-gó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ou²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-kò͘
  - Tâi-lô: bû-kòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bu'kox
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² kɔ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bho⁵ gu³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô kù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ku²¹³/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	無	故
Reading #	1/3	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wú	gù
Middle Chinese	‹ mju ›	‹ ku^H ›
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*kˁa(ʔ)-s/
English	not have	fact; reason
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.

無故

Dialectal synonyms of 無故 (“for no reason”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		無故, 無端, 無緣無故, 平白無故
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	無因白故
Northeastern Mandarin	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