無私

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Chinese

		not have	personal; private; selfish
trad. (無私)		無	私
simp. (无私)		无	私

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúsī

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ si¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-sṳ̂
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bû-su / bû-sir / bô-su

(Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ se¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúsih
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-ssŭ¹
  - Yale: wú-sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wusy
  - Palladius: усы (usy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ si¹
  - Yale: mòuh sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ siː⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    巫師 / 巫师
    無私 / 无私
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-sṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˇ sii^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo² si¹
  - Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ sɨ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-su
  - Tâi-lô: bû-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: busw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-sir
  - Tâi-lô: bû-sir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-su
  - Tâi-lô: bô-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boisw
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bho⁵ se¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô sṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sɯ³³/

Adjective

無私

selfless; disinterested

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無私):

→ Japanese: 無私(むし) (mushi)
→ Korean: 무사(無私) (musa)
→ Vietnamese: vô tư (無私)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	私
む Grade: 4	し Grade: 6
on'yomi

Adjective

無(む)私(し) • (mushi) -na (adnominal 無(む)私(し)な (mushi na), adverbial 無(む)私(し)に (mushi ni))

unselfish; disinterested

Inflection

Inflection of 無私

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	無私だろ	むしだろ	mushi daro
Continuative (連用形)	無私で	むしで	mushi de
Terminal (終止形)	無私だ	むしだ	mushi da
Attributive (連体形)	無私な	むしな	mushi na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	無私なら	むしなら	mushi nara
Imperative (命令形)	無私であれ	むしであれ	mushi de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	無私ではない無私じゃない	むしではないむしじゃない	mushi de wa nai mushi ja nai
Informal past	無私だった	むしだった	mushi datta
Informal negative past	無私ではなかった無私じゃなかった	むしではなかったむしじゃなかった	mushi de wa nakatta mushi ja nakatta
Formal	無私です	むしです	mushi desu
Formal negative	無私ではありません無私じゃありません	むしではありませんむしじゃありません	mushi de wa arimasen mushi ja arimasen
Formal past	無私でした	むしでした	mushi deshita
Formal negative past	無私ではありませんでした無私じゃありませんでした	むしではありませんでしたむしじゃありませんでした	mushi de wa arimasen deshita mushi ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	無私で	むしで	mushi de
Conditional	無私なら（ば）	むしなら（ば）	mushi nara (ba)
Provisional	無私だったら	むしだったら	mushi dattara
Volitional	無私だろう	むしだろう	mushi darō
Adverbial	無私に	むしに	mushi ni
Degree	無私さ	むしさ	mushisa

Noun

無(む)私(し) • (mushi)

selflessness; impartiality

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