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
• Eastern Min (BUC): ù-sĭng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúsin
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-hsin¹
    • Yale: wú-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wushin
    • Palladius: усинь (usinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ sam¹
    • Yale: mòuh sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-sîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: moˇ xim´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² xim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ sim²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ù-sĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)liŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mju sim

Rime
Character	無	心
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武夫切	息林切
Baxter	mju	sim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/siɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/sim/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/sjem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/sim/
Li Rong	/mio/	/siəm/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/sĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/si̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	xīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou4	sam1

Adjective

無心

1. without the desire or intention; unwitting

Adverb

無心

1. accidentally; inadvertently; unwittingly
2. not in the mood to

   《無心睡眠》 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
   《无心睡眠》 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

   “mou⁴ sam¹ seoi⁶ min⁴” [Jyutping]

   "Not in the Mood to Sleep" (a song by Leslie Cheung)

Synonyms

• (accidentally): 無意／无意 (wúyì)

Noun

無心

1. (Buddhism) state of no-mindness

Derived terms

• 有口無心／有口无心 (yǒukǒuwúxīn)
• 無心之失／无心之失 (wúxīnzhīshī)
• 無心之過／无心之过 (wúxīnzhīguò)
• 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: 無心(むしん) (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(む)心(しん) • (mushin) 

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

Verb

無(む)心(しん)する • (mushin suru) suru (stem 無(む)心(しん)し (mushin shi), past 無(む)心(しん)した (mushin shita))

1. beg someone for

Etymology 2

Noun

無(む)心(しん) • (mushin) 

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