無敵

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See also: 无敌

Chinese

not have enemy; match
trad. (無敵)
simp. (无敌)

Etymology

Witnessed in the Fifth chapter of Romance of the Three Kingdoms:

三國演義:「呂布英勇無敵。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
三国演义:「吕布英勇无敌。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
“sānguóyǎnyì” dì wǔ huí: “Lǚ Bù yīngyǒng wúdí.”
Lu Bu is bold and no one can thwart him.

Meaning expanded from no one can stop to overpowered and invincible.

Pronunciation


Adjective

無敵

  1. invincible; unbeatable

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無敵):

Adverb

無敵

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) extremely; unbeatably; invincibly

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
てき
Grade: 6
goon kan'on
 無敵 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Adjective

()(てき) (muteki-na (adnominal ()(てき) (muteki na), adverbial ()(てき) (muteki ni))

  1. invincible, matchless

Inflection

Noun

()(てき) (muteki

  1. invincibility, matchlessness

Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

無敵 (mujeok) (hangeul 무적)

  1. hanja form? of 무적

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

無敵

  1. chữ Hán form of vô địch.