無心

See also: 无心

Chinese

		not have	heart; mind
trad. (無心)		無	心
simp. (无心)		无	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ sam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-sîm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wúxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wushin
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ sam¹
  - Yale: mòuh sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ sem¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: moˇ xim´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo² xim¹
  - IPA: /mo¹¹ ɕim²⁴/

Adjective

無心

without the desire or intention; unwitting

Adverb

無心

unwittingly
not in the mood to
《無心睡眠》 / 《无心睡眠》 [Literary Cantonese] ― “mou⁴ sam¹ seoi⁶ min⁴” [Jyutping] ― "Not in the Mood to Sleep" (a song by Leslie Cheung)

Noun

無心

(Buddhism) state of no-mindness

Derived terms

有口無心／有口无心 (yǒukǒu-wúxīn)

無心插柳柳成蔭／无心插柳柳成荫 (wúxīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yìn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無心):

→ Japanese: 無 (む)心 (しん) (mushin)
→ Korean: 무심 (無心, musim)
→ Vietnamese: vô tâm (無心)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	心
む Grade: 4	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology 1

Noun

無心 (hiragana むしん, rōmaji mushin)

being something that has no heart, as a plant or rock
unreservedly asking people for money
(Buddhism) setting free one's mind from distracting thoughts

Verb

無心する (hiragana むしんする, rōmaji mushin suru)

beg someone for

Etymology 2

Noun

無心 (hiragana むしん, rōmaji mushin)

innocence; having not a care in the world
imprudence or lack of judgment; naïveté
lack of sophistication; innocence

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