"無為" meaning in Chinese

See 無為 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /bu¹³⁻²² ui¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /bo¹³⁻²² ui¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /bu²³⁻³³ ui²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /bɤ²³⁻³³ ui²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/, /mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹/, /bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/, /bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/, /bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/, /bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/, /bu¹³⁻²² ui¹³/, /bo¹³⁻²² ui¹³/, /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/, /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/, /bu²³⁻³³ ui²³/, /bɤ²³⁻³³ ui²³/, /vu²² ɦue⁴⁴/, /m̩²² ɦue⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: wúwéi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mou⁴ wai⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bû-ûi, bô-ûi, ⁶vu-we; ⁶m-we, wúwéi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wúwéi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wu²-wei² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wú-wéi [Mandarin, Yale], wuwei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], увэй [Mandarin, Palladius], uvɛj [Mandarin, Palladius], mòuh wàih [Cantonese, Yale], mou⁴ wai⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], mou⁴ wei⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], bû-ûi [Hokkien, POJ], bô-ûi [Hokkien, POJ], bû-uî [Hokkien, Tai-lo], bô-uî [Hokkien, Tai-lo], bu'uii [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], boi'uii [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ⁶vu-we; ⁶m-we [Northern, Wu], vu^去 we; m^去 we [Northern, Wu], ³vu-hhue; ³hhmm-hhue [Northern, Wu], /vu²² ɦue⁴⁴/ [Northern, Wu], /m̩²² ɦue⁴⁴/ [Northern, Wu] Forms: 无为, 無爲
Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 無為
  1. (~市) Wuwei (a county-level city in Wuhu, Anhui, China) Categories (place): Cities in Anhui, Places in Anhui, Places in China
    Sense id: en-無為-zh-name-h8LzbJPM Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 70 29 1

Verb

IPA: /u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /bu¹³⁻²² ui¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /bo¹³⁻²² ui¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /bu²³⁻³³ ui²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /bɤ²³⁻³³ ui²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/, /mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹/, /bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/, /bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/, /bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/, /bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/, /bu¹³⁻²² ui¹³/, /bo¹³⁻²² ui¹³/, /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/, /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/, /bu²³⁻³³ ui²³/, /bɤ²³⁻³³ ui²³/, /vu²² ɦue⁴⁴/, /m̩²² ɦue⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: wúwéi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mou⁴ wai⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bû-ûi, bô-ûi, ⁶vu-we; ⁶m-we, wúwéi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wúwéi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wu²-wei² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wú-wéi [Mandarin, Yale], wuwei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], увэй [Mandarin, Palladius], uvɛj [Mandarin, Palladius], mòuh wàih [Cantonese, Yale], mou⁴ wai⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], mou⁴ wei⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], bû-ûi [Hokkien, POJ], bô-ûi [Hokkien, POJ], bû-uî [Hokkien, Tai-lo], bô-uî [Hokkien, Tai-lo], bu'uii [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], boi'uii [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ⁶vu-we; ⁶m-we [Northern, Wu], vu^去 we; m^去 we [Northern, Wu], ³vu-hhue; ³hhmm-hhue [Northern, Wu], /vu²² ɦue⁴⁴/ [Northern, Wu], /m̩²² ɦue⁴⁴/ [Northern, Wu] Forms: 无为, 無爲
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 無為
  1. (Taoism) to take no action; to let nature take its course; to adopt a laissez-faire approach Categories (topical): Taoism
    Sense id: en-無為-zh-verb-5xaSMz6s
  2. to accomplish nothing; to not achieve anything
    Sense id: en-無為-zh-verb-3P4KYaEr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 恬淡無為, 恬淡无为, 清淨無為, 清净无为, 清靜無為 (qīngjìngwúwéi), 清静无为 (qīngjìngwúwéi), 無為而治 (wúwéi'érzhì), 无为而治 (wúwéi'érzhì), 無為自化, 无为自化, 碌碌無為 (lùlùwúwéi), 碌碌无为 (lùlùwúwéi)

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yǒuwéi",
      "word": "有為"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒuwéi",
      "word": "有为"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "恬淡無為"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "恬淡无为"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "清淨無為"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "清净无为"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīngjìngwúwéi",
      "word": "清靜無為"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīngjìngwúwéi",
      "word": "清静无为"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wúwéi'érzhì",
      "word": "無為而治"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wúwéi'érzhì",
      "word": "无为而治"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "無為自化"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "无为自化"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lùlùwúwéi",
      "word": "碌碌無為"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lùlùwúwéi",
      "word": "碌碌无为"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "无为",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無爲",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "無為",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Taoism",
          "orig": "zh:Taoism",
          "parents": [
            "China",
            "Religion",
            "Asia",
            "Culture",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The way never acts, yet nothing is left undone.",
          "ref": "From: Tao Te Ching, 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
          "roman": "Dào cháng wúwéi ér wúbùwéi. [Pinyin]",
          "text": "道常無為而無不為。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n道常无为而无不为。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take no action; to let nature take its course; to adopt a laissez-faire approach"
      ],
      "id": "en-無為-zh-verb-5xaSMz6s",
      "links": [
        [
          "Taoism",
          "Taoism"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "let nature take its course",
          "let nature take its course"
        ],
        [
          "adopt",
          "adopt"
        ],
        [
          "laissez-faire",
          "laissez-faire"
        ],
        [
          "approach",
          "approach"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Taoism",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Taoism) to take no action; to let nature take its course; to adopt a laissez-faire approach"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "From: Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE",
          "roman": "Pánghuáng hū wúwéi qí cè, xiāoyáo hū qǐnwò qí xià? [Pinyin]",
          "text": "彷徨乎無為其側,逍遙乎寢臥其下? [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n彷徨乎无为其侧,逍遥乎寝卧其下? [Classical Chinese, simp.]\n[…] There you might saunter idly by its side, or in the enjoyment of untroubled ease sleep beneath it.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to accomplish nothing; to not achieve anything"
      ],
      "id": "en-無為-zh-verb-3P4KYaEr",
      "links": [
        [
          "accomplish",
          "accomplish"
        ],
        [
          "nothing",
          "nothing"
        ],
        [
          "achieve",
          "achieve"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bû-ûi"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bô-ûi"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶vu-we; ⁶m-we"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu²-wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wú-wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wuwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "увэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uvɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mòuh wàih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ wei⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-ûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-ûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-uî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-uî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bu'uii"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "boi'uii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu¹³⁻²² ui¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo¹³⁻²² ui¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²³⁻³³ ui²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ ui²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶vu-we; ⁶m-we"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vu^去 we; m^去 we"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³vu-hhue; ³hhmm-hhue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/vu²² ɦue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/m̩²² ɦue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu¹³⁻²² ui¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo¹³⁻²² ui¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²³⁻³³ ui²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ ui²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vu²² ɦue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/m̩²² ɦue⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無為"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "无为",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無爲",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "無為",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Cities in Anhui",
          "orig": "zh:Cities in Anhui",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Places in Anhui",
          "orig": "zh:Places in Anhui",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Places in China",
          "orig": "zh:Places in China",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 29 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Wuwei (a county-level city in Wuhu, Anhui, China)"
      ],
      "id": "en-無為-zh-name-h8LzbJPM",
      "links": [
        [
          "市",
          "市#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "Wuwei",
          "Wuwei#English"
        ],
        [
          "Wuhu",
          "Wuhu#English"
        ],
        [
          "Anhui",
          "Anhui#English"
        ],
        [
          "China",
          "China#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(~市) Wuwei (a county-level city in Wuhu, Anhui, China)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bû-ûi"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bô-ûi"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶vu-we; ⁶m-we"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu²-wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wú-wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wuwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "увэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uvɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mòuh wàih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ wei⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-ûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-ûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-uî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-uî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bu'uii"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "boi'uii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu¹³⁻²² ui¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo¹³⁻²² ui¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²³⁻³³ ui²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ ui²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶vu-we; ⁶m-we"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vu^去 we; m^去 we"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³vu-hhue; ³hhmm-hhue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/vu²² ɦue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/m̩²² ɦue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu¹³⁻²² ui¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo¹³⁻²² ui¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²³⁻³³ ui²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ ui²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vu²² ɦue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/m̩²² ɦue⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無為"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yǒuwéi",
      "word": "有為"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒuwéi",
      "word": "有为"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "恬淡無為"
    },
    {
      "word": "恬淡无为"
    },
    {
      "word": "清淨無為"
    },
    {
      "word": "清净无为"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīngjìngwúwéi",
      "word": "清靜無為"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīngjìngwúwéi",
      "word": "清静无为"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wúwéi'érzhì",
      "word": "無為而治"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wúwéi'érzhì",
      "word": "无为而治"
    },
    {
      "word": "無為自化"
    },
    {
      "word": "无为自化"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lùlùwúwéi",
      "word": "碌碌無為"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lùlùwúwéi",
      "word": "碌碌无为"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "无为",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無爲",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "無為",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
        "zh:Taoism"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The way never acts, yet nothing is left undone.",
          "ref": "From: Tao Te Ching, 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
          "roman": "Dào cháng wúwéi ér wúbùwéi. [Pinyin]",
          "text": "道常無為而無不為。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n道常无为而无不为。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take no action; to let nature take its course; to adopt a laissez-faire approach"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Taoism",
          "Taoism"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "let nature take its course",
          "let nature take its course"
        ],
        [
          "adopt",
          "adopt"
        ],
        [
          "laissez-faire",
          "laissez-faire"
        ],
        [
          "approach",
          "approach"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Taoism",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Taoism) to take no action; to let nature take its course; to adopt a laissez-faire approach"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "From: Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE",
          "roman": "Pánghuáng hū wúwéi qí cè, xiāoyáo hū qǐnwò qí xià? [Pinyin]",
          "text": "彷徨乎無為其側,逍遙乎寢臥其下? [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n彷徨乎无为其侧,逍遥乎寝卧其下? [Classical Chinese, simp.]\n[…] There you might saunter idly by its side, or in the enjoyment of untroubled ease sleep beneath it.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to accomplish nothing; to not achieve anything"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accomplish",
          "accomplish"
        ],
        [
          "nothing",
          "nothing"
        ],
        [
          "achieve",
          "achieve"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bû-ûi"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bô-ûi"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶vu-we; ⁶m-we"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu²-wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wú-wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wuwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "увэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uvɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mòuh wàih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ wei⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-ûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-ûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-uî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-uî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bu'uii"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "boi'uii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu¹³⁻²² ui¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo¹³⁻²² ui¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²³⁻³³ ui²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ ui²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶vu-we; ⁶m-we"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vu^去 we; m^去 we"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³vu-hhue; ³hhmm-hhue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/vu²² ɦue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/m̩²² ɦue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu¹³⁻²² ui¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo¹³⁻²² ui¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²³⁻³³ ui²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ ui²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vu²² ɦue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/m̩²² ɦue⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無為"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "无为",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無爲",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "無為",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "zh:Cities in Anhui",
        "zh:Places in Anhui",
        "zh:Places in China"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Wuwei (a county-level city in Wuhu, Anhui, China)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "市",
          "市#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "Wuwei",
          "Wuwei#English"
        ],
        [
          "Wuhu",
          "Wuhu#English"
        ],
        [
          "Anhui",
          "Anhui#English"
        ],
        [
          "China",
          "China#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(~市) Wuwei (a county-level city in Wuhu, Anhui, China)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bû-ûi"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bô-ûi"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶vu-we; ⁶m-we"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu²-wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wú-wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wuwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "увэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uvɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mòuh wàih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ wei⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-ûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-ûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-uî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-uî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bu'uii"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "boi'uii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu¹³⁻²² ui¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo¹³⁻²² ui¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²³⁻³³ ui²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ ui²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶vu-we; ⁶m-we"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vu^去 we; m^去 we"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³vu-hhue; ³hhmm-hhue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/vu²² ɦue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/m̩²² ɦue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu¹³⁻²² ui¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo¹³⁻²² ui¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²³⁻³³ ui²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ ui²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vu²² ɦue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/m̩²² ɦue⁴⁴/"
    }
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}
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