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無期

無期

See also: 无期

Chinese

		-less; not to have; no -less; not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-	a period of time; phase; stage a period of time; phase; stage; (used for issue of a periodical, courses of study); time; term; period; to hope
trad. (無期)		無	期
simp. (无期)		无	期

Adjective

無期

having no fixed time frame; indefinite (when used as an attributive)

Derived terms

無期徒刑／无期徒刑 (wúqī túxíng)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wúqī, wúqí

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄑㄧ, ㄨˊ ㄑㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ kei⁴
Min Nan (POJ): bû-kî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: wúqī
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄑㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuchi
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: wúqí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄑㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuchyi
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ kei⁴
  - Yale: mòuh kèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ kei⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ kʰei̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-kî
  - Tâi-lô: bû-kî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bu'kii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² ki¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ ki²³/