無數

See also: 無数 and 无数

Chinese

		not have	number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
trad. (無數)		無	數
simp. (无数)		无	数

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúshù

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄕㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ sou³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vù-su
Min Dong (BUC): ù-só
Min Nan (POJ): bû-sò͘ / bô-sò͘
Wu (Wiktionary): ³hhu-su

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúshù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄕㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúshù
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-shu⁴
  - Yale: wú-shù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wushuh
  - Palladius: ушу (ušu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ sou³
  - Yale: mòuh sou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ sou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ sou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sou̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-su
  - Hakka Romanization System: vuˇ su
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vu² su⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /vu¹¹ su⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ù-só
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵³⁻²¹ ^(s-)lou²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-sò͘
  - Tâi-lô: bû-sòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: busox
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² sɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ sɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² sɔ²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-sò͘
  - Tâi-lô: bô-sòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boisox
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ sɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ¹¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ³hhu-su
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦv̩ʷ²² sv̩ʷ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /mɨo ʃɨo^H/

Rime
Character	無	數
Reading #	1/1	2/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武夫切	色句切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/ʃɨo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/ʃio^H/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/ʃio^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/ʂuə̆^H/
Li Rong	/mio/	/ʃio^H/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/ʃĭu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/ʂi̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	shù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou⁴	so³

Adjective

無數

innumerable; countless

Verb

無數

to not know for certain

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無數):

→ Japanese: 無数(むすう) (musū)
→ Korean: 무수(無數) (musu)
→ Vietnamese: vô số (無數)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	數
む Grade: 4	すう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

無(む)數(すう) • (musū)

Kyūjitai form of 無数 (“innumerable; countless”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
無	數

Noun

無數 • (musu) (hangeul 무수)

Hanja form^? of 무수 (“innumerable quantity”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
無	數

Adjective

無數

chữ Hán form of vô số (“innumerable; countless”).

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