無名

無名

See also: 无名

Chinese

		not have	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (無名)		無	名
simp. (无名)		无	名
Literally: “to not have a name”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ ming⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vù-miàng
• Min Nan (POJ): bû-bêng / bô-miâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: wúmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuming
    • IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ ming⁴
    • Yale: mòuh mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ ming⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 無名／无名 無明／无明

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-miàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: vuˇ miangˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vu² miang²
    • IPA: /vu¹¹ mi̯aŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: bû-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bu'beeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-miâ
    • Tâi-lô: bô-miâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boimiaa
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² miã²⁴/

Adjective

無名

1. (attributive) anonymous; nameless
2. unknown; unnotable; unremarkable
3. unexplainable; inexplicable

Antonyms

• 有名 (yǒumíng)

Derived terms

無名之輩／无名之辈 無名小卒／无名小卒 (wúmíng xiǎozú) 無名戰死／无名战死 無名指／无名指 (wúmíngzhǐ)

無名氏／无名氏 (wúmíngshì) 無名火／无名火 (wúmínghuǒ) 無名英雄／无名英雄 (wúmíngyīngxióng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無名):

• → Japanese: 無 (む)名 (めい) (mumei)
• → Korean: 무명 (無名, mumyeong)
• → Vietnamese: vô danh (無名)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	名
む Grade: 4	めい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 無名 (mju mjieng, literally “not have + name”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) むめー [mùméé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝme̞ː]

Noun

無名 (hiragana むめい, rōmaji mumei)

1. namelessness, anonymity
2. lack of fame, unnotability

Usage notes

Often used attributively to modify other nouns, using the particle の (no).

• 無 (む)名 (めい)の手紙 (てがみ)、無 (む)名 (めい)の新 (しん)人 (じん)

  mumei no tegami, mumei no shinjin

  a nameless (unsigned) letter; a nameless (unknown, not famous) new person

References

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