毋

This entry is flagged for review.

Pronunciation

Peng'im: m6
POJ: m̌
Variety: chaozhou

Tone uncertain. As a grammaticalised negator this has no regular Middle Chinese source to derive a tone from, and the Hokkien cognate m̄ sits in the merged 陽上/陽去 class, which cannot distinguish tone 6 from tone 7. Recorded as 6 pending a speaker.

Meanings and usage

adverb: not
不

A syllabic nasal with no vowel — one of a small set of such syllables alongside 黃 ng5.

Examples

我毋知 (ua2 m6 zai1) — I don't know.

Open in the interactive dictionary to hear available audio