之無

Chinese

		's; him/her/it; this	not have
trad. (之無)		之	無
simp. (之无)		之	无

Etymology

Refers to the supposed account that Bai Juyi could recognize the characters 之 and 無 when he was six to seven months old.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhīwú

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ mou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhīwú
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhihwú
  - Wade–Giles: chih¹-wu²
  - Yale: jr̄-wú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jywu
  - Palladius: чжиу (čžiu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ mou⁴
  - Yale: jī mòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ mou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ mou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ mou̯²¹/

Noun

之無

(literary) simplest and most common characters
(literary) easy-to-read words

Derived terms

不識之無／不识之无 (bùshízhīwú)
略識之無／略识之无

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