無邊

Chinese

		not have	side; edge; margin side; edge; margin; border; boundary
trad. (無邊)		無	邊
simp. (无边)		无	边

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúbiān

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄅㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ bin¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bû-pian

(Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ biêng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúbiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄅㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúbian
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-pien¹
  - Yale: wú-byān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wubian
  - Palladius: убянь (ubjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ bin¹
  - Yale: mòuh bīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ bin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ bin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ piːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-pian
  - Tâi-lô: bû-pian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bu'piefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² piɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² piɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² piɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ piɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ piɛn⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bho⁵ biêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô pieng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pieŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: mju pen

Rime
Character	無	邊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	武夫切	布玄切
Baxter	mju	pen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/pen/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/pen/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/pɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/pɛn/
Li Rong	/mio/	/pen/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/pien/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/pien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	biān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou⁴	bin¹

Adjective

無邊

without boundary; not bordered
佛法無邊。／佛法无边。 ― Fófǎ wúbiān. ― The Buddha-dharma is boundless.
- 無邊落木蕭蕭下，不盡長江滾滾來。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  无边落木萧萧下，不尽长江滚滚来。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 767, Du Fu (杜甫), A Long Climb (《登高》). English translation by Witter Bynner.
  Wúbiān luòmù xiāoxiāo xià, bùjìn Chángjiāng gǔngǔn lái. [Pinyin]
  Leaves are dropping down like the spray of a waterfall,
  While I watch the long river always rolling on.

Synonyms

光大 (guāngdà)
宏大 (hóngdà)
寬大／宽大 (kuāndà)
寬闊／宽阔 (kuānkuò)
巨大 (jùdà)
廣／广
廣大／广大 (guǎngdà)
廣闊／广阔 (guǎngkuò)
龐／庞 (literary, or in compounds)
龐大／庞大 (pángdà)
洪大 (hóngdà)
浩大 (hàodà)
甚大 (shèndà) (literary)
莽莽 (mǎngmǎng)
蕩／荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative, of an area)
遼闊／辽阔 (liáokuò)

Derived terms

一望無邊／一望无边
應用無邊／应用无边
法力無邊／法力无边 (fǎlìwúbiān)
法術無邊／法术无边
漫無邊際／漫无边际
無始無邊／无始无边
無邊無際／无边无际 (wúbiānwújì)
無邊苦海／无边苦海
無邊風月／无边风月
苦海無邊／苦海无边
苦海無邊，回頭是岸／苦海无边，回头是岸
風月無邊／风月无边

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無邊):

→ Vietnamese: vô biên (無邊)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
無	邊

Adjective

無邊

chữ Hán form of vô biên (“without boundary, limitless, boundless”).

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