# 無畏
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wúwèi
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mou$^4$ wai$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bû-ùi / bô-ùi / bû-ùiⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bho$^5$ ui$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wúwèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wúwèi
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^2$-wei$^4$
*** Yale: wú-wèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuwey
*** Palladius: увэй (uvɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /u³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$無味／无味 無畏／无畏 無謂／无谓
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mou$^4$ wai$^3$
*** Yale: mòuh wai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mou$^4$ wai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mou$^4$ wei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /mou̯²¹ wɐi̯³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-ùi
*** Tâi-lô: bû-uì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bu'uix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² ui²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² ui⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-ùi
*** Tâi-lô: bô-uì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boi'uix
*** IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ui¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ ui²¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-ùiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: bû-uìnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bu'vuix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² uĩ²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bho$^5$ ui$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô ùi
*** Sinological IPA : /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ui²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: mju 'jw+jH
Rime :
| Character | 無 | 畏 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 武夫切 | 於胃切 |
| Baxter | mju | 'jw+jH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mɨo/ | /ʔʉi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mio/ | /ʔʷɨi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mio/ | /ʔiuəi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /muə̆/ | /ʔuj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /mio/ | /ʔiuəi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭu/ | /ĭwəi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mi̯u/ | /ʔwe̯i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wú | wèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mou$^4$ | wai$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ma ʔuj-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ma quls/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 無 | 畏 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wú | wèi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mju › | ‹ ʔjwɨj$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*ma/ | /*ʔuj-s/ |
| English | not have | fear (v.); threaten |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 無 | 畏 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 13117 | 12939 |
| Phonetic component | 無 | 畏 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 無 | 尉 |
| Old Chinese | /*ma/ | /*quls/ |

### Adjective

無畏
* fearless; intrepid

#### Synonyms

* 勇敢 (yǒnggǎn)
* 勇猛 (yǒngměng)
* 大無畏／大无畏 (dàwúwèi) (utterly fearless)
* 果敢 (guǒgǎn)
* 神勇 (shényǒng) (extraordinarily brave)
* 英勇 (yīngyǒng)

#### Antonyms

* 懦弱 (nuòruò)
* 喪膽／丧胆 (sàngdǎn)

#### Derived terms

* 大無畏／大无畏 (dàwúwèi)
* 無私無畏／无私无畏 (wúsīwúwèi)