無影無跡

Chinese

		not have	picture; image; reflection picture; image; reflection; shadow	not have	footprint; mark; trace footprint; mark; trace; vestige; sign; indication
trad. (無影無跡/無影無迹)		無	影	無	跡/迹
simp. (无影无迹)		无	影	无	迹

Pronunciation

Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-yáng-mò-chiak
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): bô-iáⁿ-bô-chiah / bô-iáⁿ-bô-liah
(Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ ian² bho⁵ ziah⁴

Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-yáng-mò-chiak
  - Hakka Romanization System: moˇ iang` moˇ jiag`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo² yang³ mo² jiag⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ i̯aŋ³¹ mo¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ak̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-yáng-mò-chiak
  - Hakka Romanization System: moˇ (r)iang` moˇ jiag`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo² yang³ mo² jiag⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ (j)i̯aŋ³¹ mo¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ak̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-iáⁿ-bô-chiah
  - Tâi-lô: bô-iánn-bô-tsiah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boi'viafboiciaq
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ iã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɤ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² iã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ iã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² iã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiaʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ iã⁴²⁻²⁴ bo²⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² iã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-iáⁿ-bô-liah
  - Tâi-lô: bô-iánn-bô-liah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boi'viafboiliaq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² iã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² liaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² iã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo¹³⁻²² liaʔ³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bho⁵ ian² bho⁵ ziah⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô iáⁿ bô tsiah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ĩã⁵²⁻³⁵ bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siaʔ²/

Idiom

無影無跡

(Hakka) to disappear without a trace
(Hakka, Teochew) to fabricate something out of thin air
(Hokkien, Teochew) baseless
(Teochew) impossible

Synonyms

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沒影／没影 (méiyǐng)
沒影兒／没影儿 (méiyǐngr)
沒有影兒／没有影儿 (méiyǒuyǐngr)
無影無蹤／无影无踪 (wúyǐngwúzōng)

無蹤無影／无踪无影 (wúzōngwúyǐng)
無魂影／无魂影 (Teochew)
無魂無影／无魂无影 (Hakka, Min Nan)

(to fabricate something out of thin air): 無中生有／无中生有 (wúzhōng-shēngyǒu)
(baseless): 子虛烏有／子虚乌有 (zǐxū-wūyǒu)

References

“Entry #8693”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.