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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
|
無
|
謂
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| Reading #
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1/3
|
1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
wú
|
wèi
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ mju ›
|
‹ hjw+jH ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ma/
|
/*ʷə-s/
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| English
|
not have
|
say, tell, call
|
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.
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
|
無
|
謂
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
| No.
|
13117
|
12943
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Phonetic
component
|
無
|
胃
|
Rime
group
|
魚
|
隊
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
2
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
無
|
胃
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*ma/
|
/*ɢuds/
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Adjective
無謂
- pointless; idle
- 講啲無謂嘢／讲啲无谓嘢 [Cantonese] ― gong2 di1 mou4 wai6 je5 ― talk about nonsense things