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無故 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Chinese
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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無
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故
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Reading #
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1/3
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1/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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wú
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gù
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Middle Chinese
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‹ mju ›
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‹ kuH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ma/
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/*kˁa(ʔ)-s/
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English
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not have
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fact; reason
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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無
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故
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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13117
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4228
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Phonetic component
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無
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古
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Rime group
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魚
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魚
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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無
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顧
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Old Chinese
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/*ma/
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/*kaːs/
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Adverb
無故
- (literary) for no reason; without a reason
- 無故缺席/无故缺席 ― wúgù quēxí ― to be absent without a reason