無成

See also: 无成

Chinese

not have
 
finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
trad. (無成) 無 成
simp. (无成) 无 成

Pronunciation 1


Verb

無成

  1. (literary) to not accomplish (anything); to not achieve (anything); to be without success
Derived terms
  • 一事無成/一事无成 (yīshìwúchéng)
  • 疑行無成,疑事無功/疑行无成,疑事无功
  • 白首無成/白首无成
  • 百事無成/百事无成
  • 老大無成/老大无成

Pronunciation 2


Adverb

無成

  1. (Hakka) Indicates a rhetorical question: surely it doesn't mean that..., is it possible that...
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 難道 (“could it be that; is it possible that”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 莫非、豈
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 莫非、豈、難道
Mandarin Beijing 難道、難不成、甭
Taiwan 難道、難不成
Cantonese Guangzhou 唔通
Hong Kong 唔通
Taishan 唔成、敢係、唔得旨、毋旨、毋旨估
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 無成、敢講、敢係
Liudui (S. Sixian) 無成、敢講、敢係
Hsinchu (Hailu) 無成、敢講、敢係
Dongshi (Dabu) 無成、敢講、敢會、敢係
Hsinchu (Raoping) 無成、毋成、敢講、敢係
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 無敢、敢講、敢會、敢係
Min Nan Xiamen 敢
Quanzhou 敢
Zhangzhou 敢
Taipei 敢、盍
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