"無成" meaning in Chinese

See 無成 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /mou̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /vu¹¹ sɨn¹¹/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /mo¹¹ saŋ¹¹/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /mo⁵⁵ ʃaŋ⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Hailu, Zhudong, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 无成 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 無成
  1. (Hakka) Indicates a rhetorical question: surely it doesn't mean that..., is it possible that... Tags: Hakka
    Sense id: en-無成-zh-adv-rTT2bXhJ Categories (other): Hakka Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 39 Synonyms: 莫非 [Classical-Chinese], [Classical-Chinese], 莫非 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 難道 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 莫不是 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 難道 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Beijing], 難不成 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Beijing], [Northeastern-Mandarin, Beijing], 難道 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Taiwan], 難不成 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Taiwan], 難說 [Central-Plains-Mandarin, Xuzhou], 唔通 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 唔通 [Cantonese], 唔成 [Cantonese, Taishan], 敢係 [Cantonese, Taishan], 唔得旨 [Cantonese, Taishan], 毋旨 [Cantonese, Taishan], 毋旨估 [Cantonese, Taishan], 敢講 [Hakka, Miaoli], 敢係 [Hakka, Miaoli], 敢講 [Hakka, Pingtung, Neipu], 敢係 [Hakka, Pingtung, Neipu], 敢講 [Hakka, Zhudong, Hailu], 敢係 [Hakka, Zhudong, Hailu], 敢講 [Hakka, Taichung, Dongshi, Dabu], 敢會 [Hakka, Taichung, Dongshi, Dabu], 敢係 [Hakka, Taichung, Dongshi, Dabu], 毋成 [Hakka, Qionglin, Raoping], 敢講 [Hakka, Qionglin, Raoping], 敢係 [Hakka, Qionglin, Raoping], 無敢 [Hakka, Yunlin, Lunbei, Zhao'an], 敢講 [Hakka, Yunlin, Lunbei, Zhao'an], 敢會 [Hakka, Yunlin, Lunbei, Zhao'an], 敢係 [Hakka, Yunlin, Lunbei, Zhao'an], [Min-Nan, Xiamen], 總無 [Min-Nan, Xiamen], [Min-Nan, Quanzhou], 總無 [Min-Nan, Quanzhou], 攏無 [Min-Nan, Quanzhou], [Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], 總無 [Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], [Min-Nan, Tainan], [Min-Nan, Manila, Hokkien], 未是 [Min-Nan], 未是 [Min-Nan, Jieyang], [Min-Nan, Jieyang], 敢是 [Min-Nan, Jieyang], 乜然, 總無, 乜然, 總無, 只勿 [Wu, Shanghai], 難算得 [Wu, Shanghai, Chongming], 冇過 [Xiang, Changsha]

Verb

IPA: /u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /mou̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /vu¹¹ sɨn¹¹/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /mo¹¹ saŋ¹¹/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /mo⁵⁵ ʃaŋ⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Hailu, Zhudong, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 无成 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 無成
  1. (literary) to not accomplish (anything); to not achieve (anything); to be without success Tags: literary Derived forms: 一事無成 (yīshìwúchéng), 一事无成 (yīshìwúchéng), 疑行無成,疑事無功, 疑行无成,疑事无功, 白首無成, 白首无成, 百事無成, 百事无成, 老大無成, 老大无成
    Sense id: en-無成-zh-verb-8mgZTvBb
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "无成",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "無成",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "yīshìwúchéng",
          "word": "一事無成"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yīshìwúchéng",
          "word": "一事无成"
        },
        {
          "word": "疑行無成,疑事無功"
        },
        {
          "word": "疑行无成,疑事无功"
        },
        {
          "word": "白首無成"
        },
        {
          "word": "白首无成"
        },
        {
          "word": "百事無成"
        },
        {
          "word": "百事无成"
        },
        {
          "word": "老大無成"
        },
        {
          "word": "老大无成"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to not accomplish (anything); to not achieve (anything); to be without success"
      ],
      "id": "en-無成-zh-verb-8mgZTvBb",
      "links": [
        [
          "accomplish",
          "accomplish"
        ],
        [
          "achieve",
          "achieve"
        ],
        [
          "success",
          "success"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to not accomplish (anything); to not achieve (anything); to be without success"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vù-sṳ̀n"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu²-chʻêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wú-chéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wucherng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "učɛn",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "учэн"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mòuh sìhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ xing⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vù-sṳ̀n"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vu^ˇ siin^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vu² sin²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vu¹¹ sɨn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mò-sàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo shang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mò-sàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo^ˇ sang^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo² sang²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo¹¹ saŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo shang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo⁵⁵ ʃaŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "無成"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "无成",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "無成",
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    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hakka Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Indicates a rhetorical question: surely it doesn't mean that..., is it possible that..."
      ],
      "id": "en-無成-zh-adv-rTT2bXhJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "surely",
          "surely"
        ],
        [
          "possible",
          "possible"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hakka) Indicates a rhetorical question: surely it doesn't mean that..., is it possible that..."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Classical-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "莫非"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Classical-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "豈"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "莫非"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "豈"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "難道"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "莫不是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northeastern-Mandarin",
            "Beijing"
          ],
          "word": "難道"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northeastern-Mandarin",
            "Beijing"
          ],
          "word": "難不成"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northeastern-Mandarin",
            "Beijing"
          ],
          "word": "甭"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northeastern-Mandarin",
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "難道"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northeastern-Mandarin",
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "難不成"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
            "Xuzhou"
          ],
          "word": "難說"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "唔通"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hong Kong"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "唔通"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Taishan"
          ],
          "word": "唔成"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Taishan"
          ],
          "word": "敢係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Taishan"
          ],
          "word": "唔得旨"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Taishan"
          ],
          "word": "毋旨"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Taishan"
          ],
          "word": "毋旨估"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "N. Sixian"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Miaoli"
          ],
          "word": "敢講"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "N. Sixian"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Miaoli"
          ],
          "word": "敢係"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "S. Sixian"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Pingtung",
            "Neipu"
          ],
          "word": "敢講"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "S. Sixian"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Pingtung",
            "Neipu"
          ],
          "word": "敢係"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hsinchu County"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Zhudong",
            "Hailu"
          ],
          "word": "敢講"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hsinchu County"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Zhudong",
            "Hailu"
          ],
          "word": "敢係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Taichung",
            "Dongshi",
            "Dabu"
          ],
          "word": "敢講"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Taichung",
            "Dongshi",
            "Dabu"
          ],
          "word": "敢會"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Taichung",
            "Dongshi",
            "Dabu"
          ],
          "word": "敢係"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hsinchu County"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Qionglin",
            "Raoping"
          ],
          "word": "毋成"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hsinchu County"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Qionglin",
            "Raoping"
          ],
          "word": "敢講"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hsinchu County"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Qionglin",
            "Raoping"
          ],
          "word": "敢係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Yunlin",
            "Lunbei",
            "Zhao'an"
          ],
          "word": "無敢"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Yunlin",
            "Lunbei",
            "Zhao'an"
          ],
          "word": "敢講"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Yunlin",
            "Lunbei",
            "Zhao'an"
          ],
          "word": "敢會"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Yunlin",
            "Lunbei",
            "Zhao'an"
          ],
          "word": "敢係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "敢"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "總無"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "敢"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "總無"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "攏無"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "敢"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "總無"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Tainan"
          ],
          "word": "敢"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Manila",
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "敢"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Shantou"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "未是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Jieyang"
          ],
          "word": "未是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Jieyang"
          ],
          "word": "敢"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Jieyang"
          ],
          "word": "敢是"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Puxian Min",
            "Putian"
          ],
          "word": "乜然"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Puxian Min",
            "Putian"
          ],
          "word": "總無"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Puxian Min",
            "Xianyou"
          ],
          "word": "乜然"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Puxian Min",
            "Xianyou"
          ],
          "word": "總無"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Shanghai"
          ],
          "word": "只勿"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Shanghai",
            "Chongming"
          ],
          "word": "難算得"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiang",
            "Changsha"
          ],
          "word": "冇過"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vù-sṳ̀n"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu²-chʻêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wú-chéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wucherng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "učɛn",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "учэн"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mòuh sìhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ xing⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vù-sṳ̀n"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vu^ˇ siin^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vu² sin²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vu¹¹ sɨn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mò-sàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo shang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mò-sàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo^ˇ sang^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo² sang²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo¹¹ saŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo shang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo⁵⁵ ʃaŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "無成"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 成",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 無",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "yīshìwúchéng",
      "word": "一事無成"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīshìwúchéng",
      "word": "一事无成"
    },
    {
      "word": "疑行無成,疑事無功"
    },
    {
      "word": "疑行无成,疑事无功"
    },
    {
      "word": "白首無成"
    },
    {
      "word": "白首无成"
    },
    {
      "word": "百事無成"
    },
    {
      "word": "百事无成"
    },
    {
      "word": "老大無成"
    },
    {
      "word": "老大无成"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "无成",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "無成",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to not accomplish (anything); to not achieve (anything); to be without success"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accomplish",
          "accomplish"
        ],
        [
          "achieve",
          "achieve"
        ],
        [
          "success",
          "success"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to not accomplish (anything); to not achieve (anything); to be without success"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vù-sṳ̀n"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu²-chʻêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wú-chéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wucherng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "učɛn",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "учэн"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mòuh sìhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ xing⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vù-sṳ̀n"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vu^ˇ siin^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vu² sin²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vu¹¹ sɨn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mò-sàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo shang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mò-sàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo^ˇ sang^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo² sang²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo¹¹ saŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo shang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo⁵⁵ ʃaŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "無成"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 成",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 無",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "无成",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "無成",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hakka Chinese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Indicates a rhetorical question: surely it doesn't mean that..., is it possible that..."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surely",
          "surely"
        ],
        [
          "possible",
          "possible"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hakka) Indicates a rhetorical question: surely it doesn't mean that..., is it possible that..."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vù-sṳ̀n"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu²-chʻêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wú-chéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wucherng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "učɛn",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "учэн"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mòuh sìhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ xing⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vù-sṳ̀n"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vu^ˇ siin^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vu² sin²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vu¹¹ sɨn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mò-sàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo shang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mò-sàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo^ˇ sang^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo² sang²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo¹¹ saŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo shang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo⁵⁵ ʃaŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "莫非"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "豈"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "莫非"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "豈"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "難道"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "莫不是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Beijing"
      ],
      "word": "難道"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Beijing"
      ],
      "word": "難不成"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Beijing"
      ],
      "word": "甭"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "難道"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "難不成"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Xuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "難說"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "唔通"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "唔通"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan"
      ],
      "word": "唔成"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan"
      ],
      "word": "敢係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan"
      ],
      "word": "唔得旨"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan"
      ],
      "word": "毋旨"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan"
      ],
      "word": "毋旨估"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "N. Sixian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli"
      ],
      "word": "敢講"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "N. Sixian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli"
      ],
      "word": "敢係"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "S. Sixian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Pingtung",
        "Neipu"
      ],
      "word": "敢講"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "S. Sixian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Pingtung",
        "Neipu"
      ],
      "word": "敢係"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hailu"
      ],
      "word": "敢講"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hailu"
      ],
      "word": "敢係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung",
        "Dongshi",
        "Dabu"
      ],
      "word": "敢講"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung",
        "Dongshi",
        "Dabu"
      ],
      "word": "敢會"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung",
        "Dongshi",
        "Dabu"
      ],
      "word": "敢係"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
      "word": "毋成"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
      "word": "敢講"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
      "word": "敢係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yunlin",
        "Lunbei",
        "Zhao'an"
      ],
      "word": "無敢"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yunlin",
        "Lunbei",
        "Zhao'an"
      ],
      "word": "敢講"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yunlin",
        "Lunbei",
        "Zhao'an"
      ],
      "word": "敢會"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yunlin",
        "Lunbei",
        "Zhao'an"
      ],
      "word": "敢係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "敢"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "總無"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "敢"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "總無"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "攏無"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "敢"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "總無"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "敢"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Manila",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "敢"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Shantou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "未是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Jieyang"
      ],
      "word": "未是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Jieyang"
      ],
      "word": "敢"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Jieyang"
      ],
      "word": "敢是"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Puxian Min",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "word": "乜然"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Puxian Min",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "word": "總無"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Puxian Min",
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "word": "乜然"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Puxian Min",
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "word": "總無"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "只勿"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai",
        "Chongming"
      ],
      "word": "難算得"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Changsha"
      ],
      "word": "冇過"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無成"
}

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