無心

See also: 无心

Chinese
not have heart; mind
trad. (無心) 無 心
simp. (无心) 无 心

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 無 心
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 侵 (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 武夫切 息林切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /mɨo/ /siɪm/
Pan
Wuyun		 /mio/ /sim/
Shao
Rongfen		 /mio/ /sjem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /muə̆/ /sim/
Li
Rong		 /mio/ /siəm/
Wang
Li		 /mĭu/ /sĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mi̯u/ /si̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wú xīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 mou4 sam1

Adjective

無心

  1. without the desire or intention; unwitting

Adverb

無心

  1. accidentally; inadvertently; unwittingly
  2. not in the mood to
    《無心睡眠》／《无心睡眠》 [Literary Cantonese]  ―  “mou4 sam1 seoi6 min4” [Jyutping]  ―  "Not in the Mood to Sleep" (a song by Leslie Cheung)

Synonyms

Noun

無心

  1. (Buddhism) state of no-mindness

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (無心):
  • → Japanese: 無心(むしん) (mushin)
  • → Korean: 무심(無心) (musim)
  • → Vietnamese: vô tâm (無心)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
無 心
む
Grade: 4		 しん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

無(む)心(しん) • (mushin) 

  1. being something that has no heart, as a plant or rock
  2. unreservedly asking people for money
  3. (Buddhism) setting free one's mind from distracting thoughts

Verb

無(む)心(しん)する • (mushin suru) suru (stem 無(む)心(しん)し (mushin shi), past 無(む)心(しん)した (mushin shita))

  1. beg someone for

Noun

無(む)心(しん) • (mushin) 

  1. innocence; having not a care in the world
  2. imprudence or lack of judgment; naïveté
  3. lack of sophistication; innocence
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