无 (wú): not to have, no, none, not, to lack, un-
无 (wú) is a Chinese character meaning “not to have.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 一 (structural) and 尢 (structural). It ranks #105 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- not to have
- no
- none
- not
- to lack
- un-
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 无
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 无法verb | wú fǎ | unable to | 4 |
| 无论conjunction | wú lùn | no matter what or how | 4 |
| 毫无adverb | háo wú | not in the least | 6 |
| 无聊adjective | wú liáo | bored | 4 |
| 无关verb | wú guān | unrelated | 5 |
| 无所谓verb | wú suǒ wèi | to be indifferent | 6 |
| 无数adjective | wú shù | countless | 5 |
| 无效verb | wú xiào | not valid | 5 |
| 无疑verb | wú yí | undoubtedly | 6 |
| 无限adjective | wú xiàn | unlimited | 5 |
| 无奈verb/conjunction | wú nài | to have no alternative | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无辜adjective | wú gū | blameless |
| 无论如何phrase | wú lùn rú hé | (idiom) whatever the case |
| 毫无疑问phrase | háo wú yí wèn | certainty |
| 别无选择verb | bié wú xuǎn zé | to have no other choice |
| 无罪adjective | wú zuì | innocent |
| 一无所知 | yī wú suǒ zhī | (idiom) not knowing anything at all |
| 无意verb | wú yì | inadvertent |
| 无能为力 | wú néng wéi lì | (idiom) powerless to do anything about it |
| 无线电 | wú xiàn diàn | radio |
| 无比verb | wú bǐ | incomparable |
| 无关紧要phrase | wú guān jǐn yào | indifferent |
| 一无所有 | yī wú suǒ yǒu | not having anything at all (idiom) |
| 无视verb | wú shì | to ignore |
| 无家可归 | wú jiā kě guī | (idiom) homeless |
| 独一无二 | dú yī wú èr | (idiom) unique |
无 appears in 174 compound words: 74 as the first character, 6 as the last, and 20 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 无 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (267)
to be tactless due to the lack of knowledge; without learning or skills; to be not keen on learning anything
to be tactless due to the lack of knowledge; without learning or skills; to be not keen on learning anything
Showing 12 of 267 idioms containing 无.
Example Sentences
无字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
mó zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The unique style of writing without words left a deep impression on me.
中国资产折价40-50%也无法套现?全球10大私募巨头遭遇“退出寒冬...
zhōng guó zī chǎn zhé jià 4 0 5 0 yě wú fǎ tào xiàn ? quán qiú 1 0 dà sī mù jù tóu zāo yù tuì chū hán dōng . . .
China's assets are discounted by 40-50% and cannot be cashed out? The world's top 10 private equity giants suffered from the "exit winter...
格陵兰岛自治政府总理称无意接收特朗普所称派往当地的医疗船
gé líng lán dǎo zì zhì zhèng fǔ zǒng lǐ chèn wú yì jiē shōu tè lǎng pǔ suǒ chèn pài wǎng dāng dì de yī liáo chuán
The prime minister of Greenland's autonomous government said he had no intention of receiving the medical ship that Trump said was sent to the area
美贸易代表:尚无任何国家说退出关税协议
měi mào yì dài biǎo : shàng wú rèn hé guó jiā shuō tuì chū guān shuì xié yì
USTR: No country has said it has withdrawn from the tariff agreement
摩通:保荐人新规无碍优质企上市
mó tōng : bǎo jiàn rén xīn guī wú ài yōu zhì qǐ shàng shì
Morgan Stanley: The new sponsor regulations do not hinder the listing of high-quality enterprises
马来西亚沙巴外海7.1级地震 无海啸威胁
mǎ lái xī yà shā bā wài hǎi 7 . 1 jí dì zhèn wú hǎi xiào wēi xié
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake off the coast of Sabah, Malaysia, has no tsunami threat
她的悲伤无法言喻。
Tā de bēishāng wúfǎ yányù.
No words can express her deep sorrow.
我无法忍受这噪音。
Wǒ wúfǎrěnshòu zhè zàoyīn.
I can't put up with the noise.
这无法完全被治愈。
Zhè wúfǎ wánquán bèi zhìyù.
It cannot be completely cured.
谣言是毫无根据的。
Yáoyán shì háowú gēnjù de.
The rumors are unfounded.
Character Family
无 Radical Family — Characters sharing the not radical
Related Characters
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