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There are 13 total results for your 無言 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

無言


无言

see styles
wú yán
    wu2 yan2
wu yen
 mugon
    むごん
to remain silent; to have nothing to say
(noun - becomes adjective with の) silence (not speaking); muteness
Without words, silent, speechless.

無言劇

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 mugongeki
    むごんげき
mime; dumb show; silent drama; pantomime

無言症

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 mugonshou / mugonsho
    むごんしょう
(See 緘黙症) mutism

無言語


无言语

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wú yán yǔ
    wu2 yan2 yu3
wu yen yü
 mu gongo
without language

無言說


无言说

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wú yán shuō
    wu2 yan2 shuo1
wu yen shuo
 mugonsetsu
inexpressible (path)

無言の行

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 mugonnogyou / mugonnogyo
    むごんのぎょう
(exp,n) ascetic practice of silence

無言以對


无言以对

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wú yán yǐ duì
    wu2 yan2 yi3 dui4
wu yen i tui
to be left speechless; unable to respond

無言可對


无言可对

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wú yán kě duì
    wu2 yan2 ke3 dui4
wu yen k`o tui
    wu yen ko tui
unable to reply (idiom); left speechless; at a loss for words

無言無說


无言无说

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wú yán wú shuō
    wu2 yan2 wu2 shuo1
wu yen wu shuo
 mugon musetsu
without language

無言說道


无言说道

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wú yán shuō dào
    wu2 yan2 shuo1 dao4
wu yen shuo tao
 mu gonsetsu dō
The way, or teaching, without speech; the school which teaches that speaking of things is speaking of nothing, or the non-existent; the acquisition of truth through contemplation without the aid of words.

無言電話

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 mugondenwa
    むごんでんわ
silent phone call (form of harassment)

啞口無言


哑口无言

see styles
yǎ kǒu wú yán
    ya3 kou3 wu2 yan2
ya k`ou wu yen
    ya kou wu yen
dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom); left speechless; at a loss for words

無言フォロー

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 mugonforoo
    むごんフォロー
(noun/participle) (colloquialism) following someone (on social media) without writing them a message (to introduce oneself)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 13 results for "無言" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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