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Translingual
Han character
冇 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 大月 (KB) or 難大月 (XKB), four-corner 40227, composition ⿸𠂇冂)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 128, character 35
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 96, character 17
- Unihan data for U+5187
Chinese
Glyph origin
From the removal of the two inner strokes from 有 (“to have”).
Attested at least since 1672, in 《星餘筆記》 by 王鉞:
- 寧俗樸鄙所陳牒訴多用土俗書，初見駭愕，習閒亦各有義意，令略記數字：……冇，音茂，謂無有也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 清・王鉞《星餘筆記》
- Níng sú pǔbǐ suǒ chén diésù duō yòng tǔsú shū, chūjiàn hài'è, xíxián yì gè yǒu yìyì, lìng lüèjì shùzì:...... 冇, yīn mào, wèi wúyǒu yě. [Pinyin]
- When filing pleas, peasants in the Ning county (西寧縣, modern 鬱南縣) often use the local popular writing, it is peculiar when first seen, but when accustomed, each has its meaning, for example: [...] 冇, sounds like 茂, means "to not have".
宁俗朴鄙所陈牒诉多用土俗书，初见骇愕，习闲亦各有义意，令略记数字：……冇，音茂，谓无有也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Etymology 1
From 無 (MC mju, “to not have”). In some varieties, such as Cantonese and Xiang, there seems to be fusion or analogy with 有 (MC hjuwX, “to have”) (Chan, 1998; Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bao3
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): me5
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6mau
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mau5 / mau6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: mǎo
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mǎo
- Wade–Giles: mao3
- Yale: mǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mao
- Palladius: мао (mao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: mǒu
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mǒu
- Wade–Giles: mou3
- Yale: mǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moou
- Palladius: моу (mou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /moʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Note:
- mǎo - conjected from Cantonese;
- mǒu - directly from Cantonese.
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mou5
- Yale: móuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: mou5
- Guangdong Romanization: mou5
- Sinological IPA (key): /mou̯¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: mau1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ᵐbau³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò
- Hakka Romanization System: moˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: mo2
- Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: bao3
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bâu
- Sinological IPA (key): /pau⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: bao3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pau³³²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Jyutping++: me5
- Sinological IPA (key): /me²⁴/
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: mau5 / mau6
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɒu̯²¹/, /mɒu̯²⁴/
- (Changsha)
- mau5 - “have not; did not”;
- mau6 - “to not have” (contraction of 冇得).
Note:
Definitions
冇
- (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, dialectal Gan, Hakka, dialectal Wu, Xiang) to not have; to not exist
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- 你冇女朋友？梗係唔信啦！……或者有。你唔知啫。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- nei5 mou5 neoi5 pang4 jau5? gang2 hai6 m4 seon3 laa1!...... waak6 ze2 jau5. nei5 m4 zi1 ze1. [Jyutping]
- You don't have a girlfriend? Of course I don't believe you! ... Maybe you do have one, but you just don't know it.
你冇女朋友？梗系唔信啦！……或者有。你唔知啫。 [Cantonese, simp.]
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- (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Xiang) have not; did not (do something) (indicating non-completion of a verb)
- (dialectal Cantonese, Nanning Pinghua) not (negator)
- 冇手尾 [Nanning Pinghua] ― me5 sau2 mi5 [Jyutping++] ― irresponsible
Usage notes
- Originally from Cantonese, many Mandarin speakers now understand the meaning of this character.
Synonyms
Compounds
Etymology 2
Compare Saek [script needed] (phoongC2, “hollow; hole (in a tree, bamboo)”), Proto-Bahnaric *pɔːŋ (“hollow; flattened”) (Schuessler, 2007).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): páng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): por4 / pornn4
- Southern Min
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phang
- Hakka Romanization System: pang
- Hagfa Pinyim: pang4
- Sinological IPA: /pʰaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: páng
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɑŋ²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: por4
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: po̤̍ⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɒ⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: pornn4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɒ̃⁴²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
Definitions
冇
- (Min, Hakka) empty; hollow; spongy; not sturdy
- 冇柴 [Hokkien] ― phàⁿ-chhâ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― porous wood
- (Min, Hakka) unreliable; undependable; casual
- (Southern Min) extravagant; generous
- 冇手 [Hokkien] ― phàⁿ-chhiú [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― generous
- (Hakka) insufficient; lacking
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mou2
- Yale: móu
- Cantonese Pinyin: mou2
- Guangdong Romanization: mou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /mou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
冇
Synonyms
See also
Etymology 4
From etymology 1, with rising intonation.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mou2
- Yale: móu
- Cantonese Pinyin: mou2
- Guangdong Romanization: mou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /mou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
冇
References
- “冇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00004
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “冇”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 445.
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “冇”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 152.
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Vietnamese
Han character
冇: Hán Nôm readings: mậu
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