= w + Ø2
surname Wu
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= w + Ø2
(literary) no / don't / to not have / nobody
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How to pronounce 毋

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 2 months ago
+ Ø2 final

In the space station’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

毋 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.

Characters with 毋 as component

= du + Ø2
poison / to poison / poisonous / malicious / cruel / fierce / narcotics
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měi = m + ei3
Japanese variant of 每
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ǎi = Ø + ai3
see historical character Lao Ai 嫪毐 / by extension, person of reprehensible morals / immoral / adulterer
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Words with 毋

no need for
not as good as / would rather

Sentences with 毋

毋 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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