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无

wú

HSK 4 Character Traditional 無

What 无 means

1. not to have
2. no
3. none
4. not
5. to lack
6. un-
7. -less

Other readings

无 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• móused in {南无|nā mó}

Example sentences

• 无解。
  There isn't any solution.
• 无聊。
  I'm bored.
• 好无聊。
  I am bored.
• 无需仁慈。
  Wúxū réncí.
  There's no need to be gentle.
• 无可奉告。
  Wúkěfènggào.
  No comment.
• 贪得无厌。
  Tāndéwúyàn.
  Insatiably greedy.

Words starting with 无

• 无法wú fǎunable to; incapable of
• 无论wú lùnno matter what or how; regardless of whether...
• 无聊wú liáobored; boring; senseless
• 无数wú shùcountless; numberless; innumerable
• 无奈wú nàito have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated
• 无比wú bǐincomparable; matchless
• 无非wú fēionly; nothing else
• 无知wú zhīignorant; ignorance
• 无可奈何wú kě nài héhave no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 无奈
• 无从wú cóngnot to have access; beyond one's authority or capability; sth one has no way of doing
• 无耻wú chǐwithout any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless
• 无能为力wú néng wéi lì(idiom) powerless to do anything about it
• 无动于衷wú dòng yú zhōngaloof; indifferent; unconcerned
• 无赖wú làihoodlum; rascal; rogue
• 无偿wú chángfree; no charge; at no cost
• 无忧无虑wú yōu wú lǜ(idiom) carefree; without worries
• 无精打采wú jīng dǎ cǎidispirited and downcast (idiom); listless; in low spirits; washed out
• 无微不至wú wēi bù zhìin every possible way (idiom); meticulous
• 无穷无尽wú qióng wú jìn(idiom) endless; boundless; infinite
• 无理取闹wú lǐ qǔ nào(idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative
• 无可奉告wú kě fèng gào(idiom) no comment
• 无限wú xiànunlimited; unbounded
• 无人wú rénunmanned; uninhabited
• 无疑wú yíundoubtedly; without doubt; for sure

Words containing 无

• 毫无háo wúnot in the least; to completely lack
• 肆无忌惮sì wú jì dànabsolutely unrestrained; unbridled; without the slightest scruple
• 有无yǒu wúto have or have not; surplus and shortfall; tangible and intangible
• 毫无疑问háo wú yí wèncertainty; without a doubt
• 不无bù wúnot without
• 一无所知yī wú suǒ zhī(idiom) not knowing anything at all; completely ignorant
• 独一无二dú yī wú èr(idiom) unique; unmatched; unrivalled
• 一无所有yī wú suǒ yǒunot having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking; without two sticks to rub together
• 若无其事ruò wú qí shì(idiom) as if nothing had happened; calm and composed; nonchalant
• 虚无xū wúnothingness
• 忍无可忍rěn wú kě rěnmore than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience; the last straw
• 有意无意yǒu yì wú yìintentionally or otherwise
• 手足无措shǒu zú wú cuòat a loss to know what to do (idiom); bewildered
• 空无一人kōng wú yī rénnot a soul in sight (idiom)
• 漫无目的màn wú mù dìaimless; at random
• 一望无际yī wàng wú jìas far as the eye can see (idiom)
• 默默无闻mò mò wú wén(idiom) unknown; unrenowned
• 百无聊赖bǎi wú liáo lài(idiom) bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom
• 别无选择bié wú xuǎn zéto have no other choice
• 义无反顾yì wú fǎn gùhonor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back…
• 有气无力yǒu qì wú lìweakly and without strength (idiom); dispirited
• 走投无路zǒu tóu wú lùto be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope
• 束手无策shù shǒu wú cèlit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom)…
• 史无前例shǐ wú qián lì(idiom) unprecedented in history

Characters that look like 无

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 北běinorth; (classical) to be defeated
• 互hùmutual
• 允yǔnjust; fair; to permit
• 乏fáshort of; tired

Sounds the same

Read wú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 吾(old) I; my
• 唔oh (expression of agreement or surprise); (Cantonese) not
• 毋(literary) no; don't; to not have
• 芜overgrown with weeds
• 梧Sterculia platanifolia
• 蜈used in 蜈蚣
• 鼯flying squirrel
• 浯(name of several rivers in China)
• 俉used in 逢俉
• 峿name of a mountain
• 祦happy; used in historical names
• 郚place name