"無頭無尾" meaning in 漢語

See 無頭無尾 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /u³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /mou̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mei̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA], /bɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau̯²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ bu̯e⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwanese, general, Singapore, IPA, Kaohsiung], /bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau̯²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bu̯e⁴²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwanese, general, Singapore, IPA], /bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau̯²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ be⁴²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwanese, general, Singapore, IPA], /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwanese, general, Singapore, IPA, Taibei], /bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau̯²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bə⁴²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Singapore, IPA] Forms: 无头无尾 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 事情沒有線索,原委不明 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-無頭無尾-zh-phrase-UIrokc24
  2. 事物紊亂而沒有條理 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-無頭無尾-zh-phrase-b9sUM23O
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (紊亂無條理): 沒頭沒腦 (méitóuméinǎo) [Traditional-Chinese], 没头没脑 (méitóuméinǎo) [Simplified-Chinese]
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「尾」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「無」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「頭」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "无头无尾",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "沒有頭也沒有尾巴",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "事情沒有線索,原委不明"
      ],
      "id": "zh-無頭無尾-zh-phrase-UIrokc24",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "事物紊亂而沒有條理"
      ],
      "id": "zh-無頭無尾-zh-phrase-b9sUM23O",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wútóuwúwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bóe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bér"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wútóuwúwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wútóuwúwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu²-tʻou²-wu²-wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wú-tóu-wú-wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wutourwuwoei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "utouuvɛj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "утоуувэй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mòuh tàuh mòuh méih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ teo⁴ mou⁴ méi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bóe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "boi'tau'boi'boea"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau̯²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ bu̯e⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau̯²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bu̯e⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "boi'tau'boi'bea"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau̯²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ be⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bér"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bér"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau̯²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bə⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "méitóuméinǎo",
      "sense": "紊亂無條理",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "沒頭沒腦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "méitóuméinǎo",
      "sense": "紊亂無條理",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "没头没脑"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "無頭無尾"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「尾」的漢語詞",
    "帶「無」的漢語詞",
    "帶「頭」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "泉漳話成語",
    "泉漳話詞元",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "无头无尾",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "沒有頭也沒有尾巴",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "事情沒有線索,原委不明"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "事物紊亂而沒有條理"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wútóuwúwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bóe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bér"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wútóuwúwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wútóuwúwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu²-tʻou²-wu²-wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wú-tóu-wú-wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wutourwuwoei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "utouuvɛj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "утоуувэй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mòuh tàuh mòuh méih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ teo⁴ mou⁴ méi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bóe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "boi'tau'boi'boea"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau̯²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ bu̯e⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau̯²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bu̯e⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "boi'tau'boi'bea"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau̯²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ be⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Singapore",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bér"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-thâu-bô-bér"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau̯²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bə⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "méitóuméinǎo",
      "sense": "紊亂無條理",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "沒頭沒腦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "méitóuméinǎo",
      "sense": "紊亂無條理",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "没头没脑"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "無頭無尾"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable 漢語 dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-11 from the zhwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-01 using wiktextract (7cef23e and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.