不惑

Chinese

		not; no	confuse
simp. and trad. (不惑)		不	惑

Etymology

From the Analects:

子曰：「吾十有五而志於學，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳順，七十而從心所欲，不踰矩。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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子曰：「吾十有五而志于学，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳顺，七十而从心所欲，不逾矩。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zǐyuē: “Wú shí yǒu wǔ ér zhì yú xué, sānshí ér lì, sìshí ér bùhuò, wǔshí ér zhī tiānmìng, liùshí ér ěr shùn, qīshí ér cóngxīnsuǒyù, bù yújǔ.” [Pinyin]

The Master said, "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùhuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ waak⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-he̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùhuò [Phonetic: búhuò]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùhuò
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-huo⁴
    • Yale: bù-hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhuoh
    • Palladius: бухо (buxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ waak⁶
    • Yale: bāt waahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ waak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ wag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ waːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-he̍k
    • Tâi-lô: put-hi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: puthek
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ hiɪk̚⁴/

Verb

不惑

1. (literary) to be not confused

Derived terms

• 了然不惑
• 智者不惑
• 知者不惑

 

Noun

不惑

1. (literary, figurative) 40 years of age

Derived terms

• 年屆不惑／年届不惑