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= w + Ø2
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less
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How to pronounce 无

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= w initial

Wu is for Willy Walrus.

By Matthias • updated about 1 month ago
+ Ø2 final

In the space station’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

无 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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Character component without intrinsic meaning
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= y + a4
component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3]
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Characters with 无 as component

= fu + Ø3
to comfort / to console / to stroke / to caress / an old term for province or provincial governor
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= w + Ø2
overgrown with weeds
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= w + Ø2
variant of 蕪|芜[wu2]
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Words with 无

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not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant / without an inkling
inadvertent / accidental / to have no intention of (doing sth)
impotent (idiom) / powerless / helpless

Sentences with 无

ǎn
lǎo
sūn
shàng
tiān
 
 
 
 
suǒ
néng

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not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

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