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毋

wú

Character

What 毋 means

1. literaryno
2. don't
3. to not have
4. nobody

Other readings

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

• Wúsurname Wu

Example sentences

• 毋庸置疑。
  No doubt.
• 书和朋友应该是宁缺毋滥。
  Shū hé péngyou yīnggāi shì nìngquēwúlàn.
  Books and friends should be few but good.
• 书和朋友应该是㝉缺毋滥。
  Books and friends should be few but good.
• 毋庸置疑，汤姆毒害了玛丽。
  Wúyōngzhìyí, Tāngmǔ dúhài le Mǎlì.
  There's no doubt Tom poisoned Mary.
• 这毋庸置疑是我吃过的最糟糕的一顿饭。
  This is unequivocally the worst meal I have ever had.

Words starting with 毋

• 毋宁wú nìngnot as good as; would rather
• 毋庸wú yōngno need for
• 毋忘wú wàngDon't forget! (literary)

Words containing 毋

• 宁缺毋滥nìng quē wú lànbetter to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom)…
• 少安毋躁shǎo ān wú zàokeep calm, don't get excited; don't be impatient
• 不自由，毋宁死bù zì yóu , wú nìng sǐgive me liberty or give me death
• 卑之，毋甚高论bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùnmy opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression)…
• 稍安毋躁shāo ān wú zàovariant of 少安毋躁

Characters that look like 毋

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

• 台tái(classical) you (in letters); variant of 台
• 册cèbook; booklet; classifier for books
• 母mǔmother; elderly female relative; origin
• 弗fú(literary) not; used in transliteration
• 勿wùdo not
• 匆cōnghurried; hasty

Sounds the same

Read wú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 无not to have; no; none
• 吾(old) I; my
• 唔oh (expression of agreement or surprise); (Cantonese) not
• 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