烏有

烏有

See also: 乌有

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
trad. (烏有)		烏	有
simp. (乌有)		乌	有

Etymology

Literally “not-have”; a fictional character in 子虛賦.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ jau⁵
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-iú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): u¹ iu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wūyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uyeou
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wuyǒu
    • IPA ^(key): /u˥ joʊ̯˨˩˦꜕꜖⁽꜕꜖꜓⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ jau⁵
    • Yale: wū yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ yeo⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /wuː˥ jɐu̯˩˧/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-iú
    • Tâi-lô: oo-iú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'iuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ˦˦꜕꜕ iu˥˧/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ˧˧ iu˥˥˦/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ˦˦꜕꜕ iu˥˧/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ˦˦꜔꜔ iu˥˧/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ˦˦꜔꜔ iu˦˩/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: u¹ iu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: u iú
    • IPA ^(key): /u³³⁻²³ iu⁵²/

Noun

烏有

1. (literary, figuratively) nonexistent person or thing; naught; nothing

Derived terms

付之烏有／付之乌有 化為烏有／化为乌有 (huàwéi wūyǒu) 子虛烏有／子虚乌有 (zǐxūwūyǒu)

烏有先生／乌有先生 烏有鄉／乌有乡 (“utopia”)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
烏	有
う Jinmeiyō	ゆう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 烏有 (MC ʔuo ɦɨu^X).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) うゆう [ùyúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝjɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

烏有 (hiragana うゆう, rōmaji uyū, historical hiragana ういう)

1. nonexistence, nothing

Synonyms

• 皆 (かい)無 (む) (kaimu)

Idioms

• 烏 (う)有 (ゆう)に帰 (き)す (uyū ni kisu): to return something to nothingness
• 烏 (う)有 (ゆう)に属 (ぞく)す (uyū ni zokusu): to consign something to nothingness

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN