有無

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Chinese

to have; there is; there are
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
 
 not have
trad. (有無) 有 無
simp. (有无) 有 无
alternative forms 有亡

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 有 無
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 云 (35) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 云久切 武夫切
Baxter hjuwX mju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦɨuX/ /mɨo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦiuX/ /mio/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣiəuX/ /mio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦuwX/ /muə̆/
Li
Rong 		/ɣiuX/ /mio/
Wang
Li 		/ɣĭəuX/ /mĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯ə̯uX/ /mi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yǒu wú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jau5 mou4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 有 無
Reading # 1/1 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yǒu wú
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hjuwX › ‹ mju ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʷəʔ/ /*ma/
English have, exist not have

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 有 無
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15595 13117
Phonetic
component 		又 無
Rime
group 		之 魚
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		有 無
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢʷɯʔ/ /*ma/

Noun

有無

  1. existence; presence or absence

Verb

有無

  1. (literary or Min) to have or not have; is there?
    台語聽有無？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
    台语听有无？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
    Tâi-gí thiaⁿ ū-bô? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    "Do understand Taiwanese?" (program on Mirror Media channel mnews (鏡電視新聞台))

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (有無):
  • → Japanese: 有無(うむ) (umu)
  • → Korean: 유무(有無) (yumu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
有 無
う
Grade: 3 		む
Grade: 4
goon

Pronunciation

Noun

有(う)無(む) • (umu) 

  1. existence, presence or absence
    怖(こわ)いのはアルコールより肝炎(かんえん)の有無(うむ)を知(し)らないことだ。
    Kowai no wa arukōru yori kan'en no umu o shiranai koto da.
    What’s scarier is not alcohol but not knowing whether you have hepatitis.

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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