無上

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Chinese

		not have	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
trad. (無上)		無	上
simp. (无上)		无	上
anagram		上無／上无

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúshàng

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄕㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ soeng⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-siōng / bû-siāng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúshàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄕㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúshàng
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-shang⁴
  - Yale: wú-shàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wushanq
  - Palladius: ушан (ušan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ soeng⁶
  - Yale: mòuh seuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ soeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ sêng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sœːŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-siōng
  - Tâi-lô: bû-siōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: busiong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² siɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-siāng
  - Tâi-lô: bû-siāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: busiang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² siaŋ²²/

Adjective

無上

supreme; paramount; highest

Derived terms

至高無上 / 至高无上 (zhìgāowúshàng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無上):

→ Japanese: 無上(むじょう) (mujō)
→ Korean: 무상(無上) (musang)
→ Vietnamese: vô thượng (無上)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	上
む Grade: 4	じょう Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) むじょー (Heiban – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

無(む)上(じょう) • (mujō) ^{←むじやう (muzyau)^?}

the best
Synonym: 最上 (saijō)
zenith, the highest point
Synonym: 天上 (tenjō)

Adjective

無(む)上(じょう) • (mujō) ^{←むじやう (muzyau)^?}-na (adnominal 無(む)上(じょう)な (mujō na), adverbial 無(む)上(じょう)に (mujō ni))

best, greatest

References

^ 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

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