無端端
Chinese
| not have | end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold something level with both hands; to carry; regular |
end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold something level with both hands; to carry; regular | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (無端端) | 無 | 端 | 端 | |
| simp. (无端端) | 无 | 端 | 端 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wúduānduān
- Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄢ ㄉㄨㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wúduanduan
- Wade–Giles: wu2-tuan1-tuan1
- Yale: wú-dwān-dwān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuduanduan
- Palladius: удуаньдуань (uduanʹduanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u³⁵ tu̯än⁵⁵ tu̯än⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mou4 dyun1 dyun1
- Yale: mòuh dyūn dyūn
- Cantonese Pinyin: mou4 dyn1 dyn1
- Guangdong Romanization: mou4 dün1 dün1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mou̯²¹ tyːn⁵⁵ tyːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Penang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môu-tyn-tyn
- Tâi-lô: môu-tyn-tyn
- Sinological IPA (Penang): /mou²³⁻²¹ tyn³³⁻²¹ tyn³³/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
Adverb
無端端
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 |