無形

See also: 无形

Chinese

		not have	to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape
trad. (無形)		無	形
simp. (无形)		无	形

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúxíng

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ jing⁴
Min Nan (POJ): bû-hêng / bô-hêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wúxíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wushyng
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ jing⁴
  - Yale: mòuh yìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ jing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ ying⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ jɪŋ²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    模型
    模形
    無形／无形
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-hêng
  - Tâi-lô: bû-hîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bu'heeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² hiɪŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-hêng
  - Tâi-lô: bô-hîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boi'heeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³/

Adjective

無形

(attributive) invisible; intangible; formless

Antonyms

有形 (yǒuxíng)

Derived terms

無形中／无形中 (wúxíngzhōng)
無形損耗／无形损耗
無形貿易／无形贸易

無形資產／无形资产 (wúxíng zīchǎn)
無形輸出／无形输出

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
無	形
む Grade: 4	ぎょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 無形 (mju heng, literally “without shape”). The goon, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) むぎょー [mùgyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

無形 (hiragana むぎょう, rōmaji mugyō, historical hiragana むぎやう)

(Buddhism): formlessness, bodylessness; something that is shapeless and invisible

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
無	形
む Grade: 4	けい Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 無形 (mju heng, literally “without shape”). A combined reading, using the goon for 無 (mu) but the kan'on for 形 (kei), so this reading likely represents a later development in Japan.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) むけー [mùkéé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝke̞ː]

Noun

無形 (hiragana むけい, rōmaji mukei)

formlessness, shapelessness, invisibility, intangibility, incorporeality
無 (む)形 (けい)の力 (ちから)、無 (む)形 (けい)固 (こ)定 (てい)資 (し)産 (さん)
mukei no chikara, mukei kotei shisan
an invisible force, intangible fixed assets

Antonyms

有 (ゆう)形 (けい) (yūkei): tangible, having a shape or form

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN