無頭無尾

Chinese

		not have	head; (noun suffix)	not have	tail
trad. (無頭無尾)		無	頭	無	尾
simp. (无头无尾)		无	头	无	尾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wútóuwúwěi

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵
Min Nan (POJ): bô-thâu-bô-bóe / bô-thâu-bô-bé

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wútóuwúwěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wutourwuwoei
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵
  - Yale: mòuh tàuh mòuh méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ tau⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ teo⁴ mou⁴ méi⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mei̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-thâu-bô-bóe
  - Tâi-lô: bô-thâu-bô-bué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boi'tau'boi'boea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ tʰaʊ²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ bue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-thâu-bô-bé
  - Tâi-lô: bô-thâu-bô-bé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boi'tau'boi'bea
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰaʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/

Idiom

無頭無尾

(figuratively, of a matter) to have no clue of the reason or cause; to be unclear
(figuratively) to be chaotic; to be messy; to be all over the place

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