無邊

無邊

Chinese

		not have	side; edge; margin side; edge; margin; border; boundary
trad. (無邊)		無	邊
simp. (无边)		无	边

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúbiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄅㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ bin¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): bû-pian

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ biêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúbiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄅㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúbian
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-pien¹
    • Yale: wú-byān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wubian
    • Palladius: убянь (ubjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ pjɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ bin¹
    • Yale: mòuh bīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ bin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ bin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ piːn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-pian
    • Tâi-lô: bû-pian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bu'piefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² piɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² piɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² piɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ piɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ piɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bho⁵ biêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô pieng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pieŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /mɨo  pen/

Rime
Character	無	邊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	武夫切	布玄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/pen/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/pen/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/pɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/pɛn/
Li Rong	/mio/	/pen/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/pien/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/pien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	biān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou4	bin1

Adjective

無邊

1. without boundary; not bordered

   佛法無邊。／佛法无边。  ―  Fófǎ wúbiān.  ―  The Buddha-dharma is boundless.

   • 無邊落木蕭蕭下，不盡長江滾滾來。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     无边落木萧萧下，不尽长江滚滚来。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 767, Du Fu (杜甫), A Long Climb (《登高》). English translation by Witter Bynner.

     Wúbiān luòmù xiāoxiāo xià, bùjìn Chángjiāng gǔngǔn lái. [Pinyin]

     Leaves are dropping down like the spray of a waterfall,
     While I watch the long river always rolling on.

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 無邊

光大 (guāngdà) 宏大 (hóngdà) 巨大 (jùdà) 洪大 (hóngdà) 浩大 (hàodà) 甚大 (shèndà) (literary) 莽莽 (mǎngmǎng) 薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative, of an area) 寬大／宽大 (kuāndà)

寬闊／宽阔 (kuānkuò) 廣／广 (guǎng) 廣大／广大 (guǎngdà) 廣闊／广阔 (guǎngkuò) 蕩／荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds) 遼闊／辽阔 (liáokuò) 龐／庞 (páng) (literary, or in compounds) 龐大／庞大 (pángdà)