無處

Chinese

		not have	a place; location; spot a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with
trad. (無處)		無	處
simp. (无处)		无	处

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúchù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄔㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ cyu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúchù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄔㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúchù
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-chʻu⁴
    • Yale: wú-chù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuchuh
    • Palladius: учу (uču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ cyu³
    • Yale: mòuh chyu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ tsy³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ qu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ t͡sʰyː³³/

Adverb

無處

1. nowhere

   無處不在／无处不在  ―  wúchùbùzài  ―  to be everywhere

Derived terms

• 一場官司一場火，任你好漢無處躲／一场官司一场火，任你好汉无处躲
• 無處不在／无处不在 (wúchùbùzài)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúchǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄔㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ cyu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúchǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄔㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúchǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-chʻu³
    • Yale: wú-chǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuchuu
    • Palladius: учу (uču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ cyu²
    • Yale: mòuh chyú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ tsy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ qu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ t͡sʰyː³⁵/

Verb

無處

1. to have no reason; to have no occasion

   • 若於齊，則未有處也。無處而餽之，是貨之也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     若于齐，则未有处也。无处而馈之，是货之也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Ruò yú Qí, zé wèi yǒu chǔ yě. Wúchǔ ér kuì zhī, shì huò zhī yě. [Pinyin]

     But when I was in Qi, I had no occasion for money. To send a man a gift when he has no occasion for it, is to bribe him.