無從

See also: 无从

Chinese

		not have	from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried
trad. (無從)		無	從
simp. (无从)		无	从

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúcóng

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄘㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ cung⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-chiông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúcóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄘㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúcóng
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-tsʻung²
  - Yale: wú-tsúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wutsorng
  - Palladius: уцун (ucun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ cung⁴
  - Yale: mòuh chùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ tsung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ cung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    毛蟲／毛虫
    無從／无从
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-chiông
  - Tâi-lô: bû-tsiông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bucioong
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiɔŋ¹³/

Adverb

無從

to have no way of; to not be in a position to
- 凡我造邦，無從匪彝，無即慆淫，各守爾典，以承天休。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  凡我造邦，无从匪彝，无即慆淫，各守尔典，以承天休。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Documents, circa 7^th – 4^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Fán wǒ zào bāng, wúcóng fěi yí, wú jí tāo yín, gè shǒu ěr diǎn, yǐ chéng tiānxiū. [Pinyin]
  Throughout all the regions that enter on a new life under me, do not, [ye princes], follow lawless ways; make no approach to insolence and dissoluteness; let every one be careful to keep his statutes: - that so we may receive the favour of Heaven.

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 無帶／无带

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