# 無敵
## Chinese
### Etymology

Witnessed in the Fifth chapter of Romance of the Three Kingdoms:
    “sānguóyǎnyì” dì wǔ huí: “Lǚ Bù yīngyǒng wúdí.” [Pinyin]
    Lu Bu is bold and no one can thwart him.
Meaning expanded from no one can stop to overpowered and invincible.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wúdí
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄉㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mou$^4$ dik$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-tia̍k / bû-te̍k
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wúdí
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄉㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wúdí
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^2$-ti$^2$
*** Yale: wú-dí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wudyi
*** Palladius: уди (udi)
*** Sinological IPA : /u³⁵ ti³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mou$^4$ dik$^6$
*** Yale: mòuh dihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mou$^4$ dik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mou$^4$ dig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mou̯²¹ tɪk̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-tia̍k
*** Tâi-lô: bû-tia̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bu'diak
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² tiak̚²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-te̍k
*** Tâi-lô: bû-ti̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bu'dek
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² tiɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² tiɪk̚¹²¹/

### Adjective

無敵
* invincible; unbeatable

#### Derived terms

* 仁者無敵／仁者无敌
* 天下無敵／天下无敌 (tiānxiàwúdí)
* 所向無敵／所向无敌 (suǒxiàngwúdí)
* 無敵艦隊／无敌舰队
* 當世無敵／当世无敌
* 舉世無敵／举世无敌
* 英勇無敵／英勇无敌
* 豔美無敵／艳美无敌

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 無敵(むてき) (muteki)
* → Korean: 무적(無敵) (mujeok)
* → Vietnamese: vô địch (無敵)

### Adverb

無敵
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) extremely; unbeatably; invincibly

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 甚, 孔 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 很, 非常, 十分 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 很 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 很, 蠻, 非常 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 挺, 楞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 很 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 很, 好 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 很 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蠻, 很 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蠻, 稀, 很 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 很 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 好, 非常之 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之, 無敵 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 好 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 好, 十分之 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 好 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 好 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 好, 非常之, 非常 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 好 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 好 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 頂 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 好 |
| Hakka | Changting | 野 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 已, 刮 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 樣 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 好 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蓋, 盡, 還 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 當, 盡, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 足, 真, 實在 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 好 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 好 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 很 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 好 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 很, 挺 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 盡 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 野, 真 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 真 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 真 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰, 一 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 真 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 野 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 真, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 有夠, 足, 誠, 盡 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 誠, 蓋, 足 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 足, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 真, 誠, 真正 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 過, 好, 非常, 死爸 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 好, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 好, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 過, 好, 死爸, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 好 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 好 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 真, 死爸, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 極, 但顧, 真 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 但顧 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 但顧, 真 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 但顧, 真 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 好, 蠻 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蠻, 窮 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare |
| Wu | Zhoushan | 交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蠻, 蒙, 顯 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 很, 蠻 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蠻 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 無 | 敵 |
| む Grade: 4 | てき Grade: 6 |
| goon | kan'on |

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) むてき [mùtékí] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) むてき [múꜜtèkì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [mɯ̟te̞kʲi]

### Adjective

無(む)敵(てき) • (muteki) -na (adnominal 無(む)敵(てき)な (muteki na), adverbial 無(む)敵(てき)に (muteki ni))
* invincible, matchless
** 1907, Sōseki Natsume, 虞美人草:
    しばらくすると、無(む)敵(てき)な音(おと)を立(た)てて車(しゃ)輛(りょう)の戸(と)をはたはたと締(し)めて行(い)く。
       Shibaraku suru to, muteki na oto o tatete sharyō no to o hatahata to shimete iku.
       A short while later, the doors of the train car flapped shut with an unmatched racket.

#### Inflection

Stem forms :
| Imperfective (未然形) | 無敵だろ | むてきだろ | muteki daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 無敵で | むてきで | muteki de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 無敵だ | むてきだ | muteki da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 無敵な | むてきな | muteki na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 無敵なら | むてきなら | muteki nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 無敵であれ | むてきであれ | muteki de are |
| Key constructions ||||
| Informal negative | 無敵ではない 無敵じゃない | むてきではない むてきじゃない | muteki de wa nai muteki ja nai |
| Informal past | 無敵だった | むてきだった | muteki datta |
| Informal negative past | 無敵ではなかった 無敵じゃなかった | むてきではなかった むてきじゃなかった | muteki de wa nakatta muteki ja nakatta |
| Formal | 無敵です | むてきです | muteki desu |
| Formal negative | 無敵ではありません 無敵じゃありません | むてきではありません むてきじゃありません | muteki de wa arimasen muteki ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 無敵でした | むてきでした | muteki deshita |
| Formal negative past | 無敵ではありませんでした 無敵じゃありませんでした | むてきではありませんでした むてきじゃありませんでした | muteki de wa arimasen deshita muteki ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 無敵で | むてきで | muteki de |
| Conditional | 無敵なら（ば） | むてきなら（ば） | muteki nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 無敵だったら | むてきだったら | muteki dattara |
| Volitional | 無敵だろう | むてきだろう | muteki darō |
| Adverbial | 無敵に | むてきに | muteki ni |
| Degree | 無敵さ | むてきさ | mutekisa |

### Noun

無(む)敵(てき) • (muteki)
* invincibility, matchlessness

#### Derived terms

* 無(む)敵(てき)の人(ひと) (muteki no hito)
* 天(てん)下(か)無(む)敵(てき) (tenka muteki)

### References

* 1 2 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 無 | 敵 |

### Noun

無敵 • (mujeok) (hangeul 무적)
* hanja form of 무적

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 無 | 敵 |

### Adjective

無敵
* chữ Hán form of vô địch.