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

(Hailu, HRS): vu ngien
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-giân / bô-gân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúyán
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-yen²
  - Yale: wú-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuyan
  - Palladius: уянь (ujanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    無言 / 无言
    無顏 / 无颜
    無鹽 / 无盐
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ jin⁴
  - Yale: mòuh yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ jiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: vu^ˇ ngien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vu² ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /vu¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: vu^ˇ ngian^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vu² ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /vu¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: vu ngien
  - Sinological IPA: /vu⁵⁵ ŋien⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-giân
  - Tâi-lô: bô-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boi'gieen
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-gân
  - Tâi-lô: bô-gân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boi'gaan
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² ɡan¹³/

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 (wúyányǐduì)
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 (dùnkǒuwúyán)
默默無言 / 默默无言

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無言):

→ Japanese: 無言(むげん) (mugen); 無言(むごん) (mugon)
→ Korean: 무언(無言) (mueon)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
無	言
む Grade: 4	ごん Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) むごん [mùgóń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ɡõ̞ɴ]

Noun

無(む)言(ごん) • (mugon)

silence; not speaking
その無言(むごん)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

無言歌(むごんか) (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”)
無言症(むごんしょう) (mugonshō, “mutism”)
無言(むごん)の行(ぎょう) (mugon no gyō, “practising silence”)
無言電話(むごんでんわ) (mugon denwa, “silent call”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
無	言
む Grade: 4	げん Grade: 2
goon	kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) むげん [mùgéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

無(む)言(げん) • (mugen)

(rare) synonym of 無言 (mugon, “silence; not speaking”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“無言”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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