無恥

See also: 无耻

Chinese

		not have	shame; disgrace
trad. (無恥/無耻)		無	恥/耻
simp. (无耻)		无	耻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúchǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄔˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ ci²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bû-thí

(Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ ci²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúchǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄔˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúchǐh
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-chʻih³
  - Yale: wú-chř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuchyy
  - Palladius: учи (uči)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ ci²
  - Yale: mòuh chí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ tsi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ qi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ t͡sʰiː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-thí
  - Tâi-lô: bû-thí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bu'tie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² tʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² tʰi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² tʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ tʰi⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bho⁵ ci²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô tshí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi⁵²/

Middle Chinese: mju trhiX

Rime
Character	無	恥
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武夫切	敕里切
Baxter	mju	trhiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/ʈʰɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/ʈʰɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/ȶʰie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/ʈʰɨ^X/
Li Rong	/mio/	/ȶʰiə^X/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/ȶʰĭə^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/ȶʰi^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	chǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou⁴	ci²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ma|mo n̥rəʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ma n̥ʰɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	無	無	無	恥
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wú	wú	wú	chǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ mju ›	‹ mju ›	‹ mju ›	‹ trhi^X ›
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*ma/	/*mo/	/*n̥rəʔ/
English	not have	volitional prefix	don’t	shame; ashamed
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	無	恥
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13117	2780
Phonetic component	無	耳
Rime group	魚	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	無	恥
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*n̥ʰɯʔ/

Adjective

無恥

shameless; brazen; impudent
無恥至極／无耻至极 ― wúchǐ zhìjí ― extremely shameless
- 蕩而不靜，勝而無恥。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  荡而不静，胜而无耻。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE
  Dàng ér bù jìng, shèng ér wúchǐ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

厚顏／厚颜 (hòuyán)
(Hong Kong) 禮義廉／礼义廉

Derived terms

卑鄙無恥／卑鄙无耻 (bēibǐwúchǐ)
厚顏無恥／厚颜无耻 (hòuyánwúchǐ)
無恥之尤／无耻之尤 (wúchǐzhīyóu)
荒淫無恥／荒淫无耻 (huāngyínwúchǐ)

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