无 (無)

  1. adverb no
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: 无 is a negative copula in Literary Chinese in the sense of 不. (CCD '无' 2; FE '無' 1; GHDC '无' 2; Guoyu '無' adv 4; Kroll 2015 '無' 2, p. 480; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 107).
  2. noun Kangxi radical 71
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
    Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
  3. verb to not have; without
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 没有 (CCD '无' 1; FE '無' 2; GHDC '无' 1; Guoyu '無' v; Kroll 2015 '無' 1, p. 480; Rouzer 2007, p. 14). For example, 無以異也。'There is no difference!' (Mengzi: 1.4/2/15, translation by Legge)
  4. adverb has not yet
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 未 (GHDC '无' 6; Guoyu '無' adv 2)
  5. foreign mo
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Used in foreign transliterations (GHDC 2 '无' 1; Guoyu '無' mó; Kroll 2015 '無' 5, p. 480)
  6. adverb do not
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense, 无 is a prohibitive particle (CCD '无' 4; GHDC '无' 3; Guoyu '無' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '無' wù, p. 480; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 107; Rouzer 2007; p. 14). For example, 王無罪歲 'Let your Majesty cease to lay the blame on the year' (Mengzi: 1.3/2/9, translation by Legge)
  7. adverb not; -less; un-
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 非 (GHDC '无' 7; Guoyu '無' adv 5; Kroll 2015 '無' 3, p. 480)
  8. conjunction regardless of
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Subordinate conjunction, synonymous with 无论 (CCD '无' 3; FE '無' 3; GHDC '无' 4; Guoyu '無' adv 3; Kroll 2015 '無' 4, p. 480)
  9. verb to not have
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 无; appears instead of 無 sometimes in Classical Chinese as a negative copula in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 107).
  10. particle um
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Particle with no meaning (Guoyu '無' particle)
  11. proper noun Wu
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (FE '無' 4; Guoyu '無' n)
  12. adverb Non-; ; *Prefix denoting negation or absence, e.g. non-regression.
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
    Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
  13. prefix not; non-
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: a-, or: na-, or: ni-, or: vi-, Japanese: mu, or: bu; denotes negation (BCSD '無', p. 752; SH '無', p. 377; Unihan '無')
  14. phonetic mo
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Used in 南無 'namo' and other Sanskrit transliterations(FGDB '南無')

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  • Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 843
  • Scroll 50 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 835 , has parallel version
  • Scroll 51 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 715 , has parallel version
  • Scroll 3 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 662
  • Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 599
  • Scroll 68 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 568 , has parallel version
  • Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 515
  • Scroll 2 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 512
  • Scroll 2 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 459
  • Scroll 419 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 458 , has parallel version