"無故" meaning in Chinese

See 無故 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /u³⁵ ku⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mou̯²¹ kuː³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /vu¹¹ ku⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /vu¹¹ ku⁴⁵/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /u⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ou²¹³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /bu²⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /bu¹³⁻²² kɔ²¹/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /bu²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ku²¹³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /u³⁵ ku⁵¹/, /mou̯²¹ kuː³³/, /vu¹¹ ku⁵⁵/, /vu¹¹ ku⁴⁵/, /u⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ou²¹³/, /bu²⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹/, /bu¹³⁻²² kɔ²¹/, /bu²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴¹/, /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ku²¹³/ Chinese transliterations: wúgù [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨˊ ㄍㄨˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mou⁴ gu³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], vù-ku [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], vu¹ gu³ [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], ù-gó, bû-kò͘ [Hokkien, POJ], bho⁵ gu³ [Peng'im, Teochew], wúgù [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wúgù [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wu²-ku⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wú-gù [Mandarin, Yale], wuguh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], угу [Mandarin, Palladius], ugu [Mandarin, Palladius], mòuh gu [Cantonese, Yale], mou⁴ gu³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], mou⁴ gu³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], vù-ku [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], vuˇ gu [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], vu² gu⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], vu¹ gu³ [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], ù-gó [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], bû-kòo [Hokkien, Tai-lo], bu'kox [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], bô kù [POJ, Teochew], mju kuH [Middle-Chinese], /*ma kˤa(ʔ)-s/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*ma kaːs/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 無故
  1. (literary) for no reason; without a reason Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-無故-zh-adv-H5sadC1L Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "無故",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to be absent without a reason",
          "roman": "wúgù quēxí",
          "text": "無故缺席/无故缺席",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "陛下無故召臣,此人必有以臣欺陛下者。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "陛下无故召臣,此人必有以臣欺陛下者。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE\nBìxià wúgù zhào chén, cǐ rén bì yǒu yǐ chén qī bìxià zhě. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "for no reason; without a reason"
      ],
      "id": "en-無故-zh-adv-H5sadC1L",
      "links": [
        [
          "no",
          "no"
        ],
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ],
        [
          "without",
          "without"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) for no reason; without a reason"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúgù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄍㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ gu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vù-ku"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vu¹ gu³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ù-gó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-kò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bho⁵ gu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúgù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúgù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu²-ku⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wú-gù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wuguh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "угу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ugu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ ku⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mòuh gu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ gu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ gu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ kuː³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vù-ku"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vuˇ gu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vu² gu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vu¹¹ ku⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vu¹ gu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vu¹¹ ku⁴⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ù-gó"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ou²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-kòo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bu'kox"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu¹³⁻²² kɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô kù"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ku²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mju kuH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ma kˤa(ʔ)-s/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ma kaːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ ku⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ kuː³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vu¹¹ ku⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vu¹¹ ku⁴⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ou²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu¹³⁻²² kɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ku²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ma kˤa(ʔ)-s/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ma kaːs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無故"
}
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
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        "Chinese lemmas",
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        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Eastern Min adverbs",
        "Eastern Min lemmas",
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        "Jin adverbs",
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        "Mandarin lemmas",
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        "Old Chinese lemmas",
        "Requests for translations of Literary Chinese usage examples",
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        "Teochew lemmas"
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        {
          "english": "to be absent without a reason",
          "roman": "wúgù quēxí",
          "text": "無故缺席/无故缺席",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "陛下無故召臣,此人必有以臣欺陛下者。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "陛下无故召臣,此人必有以臣欺陛下者。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE\nBìxià wúgù zhào chén, cǐ rén bì yǒu yǐ chén qī bìxià zhě. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "for no reason; without a reason"
      ],
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        [
          "no",
          "no"
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        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ],
        [
          "without",
          "without"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) for no reason; without a reason"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúgù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄍㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ gu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vù-ku"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vu¹ gu³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ù-gó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-kò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bho⁵ gu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúgù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúgù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu²-ku⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wú-gù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wuguh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "угу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ugu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ ku⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mòuh gu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ gu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ gu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ kuː³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vù-ku"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vuˇ gu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vu² gu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vu¹¹ ku⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vu¹ gu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vu¹¹ ku⁴⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ù-gó"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ou²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-kòo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bu'kox"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu¹³⁻²² kɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô kù"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ku²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mju kuH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ma kˤa(ʔ)-s/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ma kaːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ ku⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ kuː³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vu¹¹ ku⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vu¹¹ ku⁴⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ou²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu¹³⁻²² kɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ku²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ma kˤa(ʔ)-s/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ma kaːs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無故"
}

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