無數

See also: 無数 and 无数

Chinese

		not have	number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
trad. (無數)		無	數
simp. (无数)		无	数

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ sou³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vù-su
• Eastern Min (BUC): ù-só
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-sò͘ / bô-sò͘
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶wu-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúshù
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-shu⁴
    • Yale: wú-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wushuh
    • Palladius: ушу (ušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ sou³
    • Yale: mòuh sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-su
    • Hakka Romanization System: vuˇ su
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vu² su⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /vu¹¹ su⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ù-só
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵³⁻²¹ ^(s-)lou²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: bû-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: busox
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² sɔ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: bô-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boisox
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶wu-su
    • MiniDict: wu^去 su
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-su
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² su⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: mju srjuH

Rime
Character	無	數
Reading #	1/1	2/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武夫切	色句切
Baxter	mju	srjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/ʃɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/ʃioH/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/ʃioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/ʂuə̆H/
Li Rong	/mio/	/ʃioH/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/ʃĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/ʂi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	shù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou4	so3

Adjective

無數

1. innumerable; countless

Verb

無數

1. to not know for certain

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無數):

• → Japanese: 無数(むすう) (musū)
• → Korean: 무수(無數) (musu)
• → Vietnamese: vô số (無數)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	數
む Grade: 4	すう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

無(む)數(すう) • (musū) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 無数 (“innumerable; countless”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
無	數

Noun

無數 • (musu) (hangeul 무수)

1. Hanja form^? of 무수 (“innumerable quantity”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
無	數

Adjective

無數

1. chữ Hán form of vô số (“innumerable; countless”).