HSK 4 · Verbs

无 wú “not to have” in Chinese

Traditional 無

What 无 means

  1. not to have
  2. no
  3. none
  4. not
  5. to lack
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • un-

How to say 无

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale无wú2nd tone, rising

无 in a sentence

  1. 除此之外，别无办法。

    Chú cǐ zhī wài, bié wú bànfǎ.

    Apart from this, there’s no other way.

    Sentence #3709259 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我无法相信自己的眼睛。

    Wǒ wúfǎ xiāngxìn zìjǐ de yǎnjing.

    I can’t believe my eyes.

    Sentence #332561 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你做什么都无所谓。

    Nǐ zuò shénme dōu wúsuǒwèi.

    It doesn’t matter what you do.

    Sentence #5911620 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 无 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 无 (wú) with each of its parts in a different colour
无wúnot to have
  • 一one · yī
  • 尢lame · wāng

How to write 无

无 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

无 (wú) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 无 (wú). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 无

Words with 无

无聊wúliáo · bored无论wúlùn · no matter what or how无法wúfǎ · to be unable to无奈wúnài · to have no alternative无数wúshù · countless无所谓wúsuǒwèi · to not matter无赖wúlài · rogue无比wúbǐ · incomparable无耻wúchǐ · shameless无辜wúgū · innocent

More words: Common Verbs

推迟tuīchí · to postpone脱tuō · to shed网球wǎngqiú · tennis污染wūrǎn · to pollute修理xiūlǐ · to repair吸引xīyǐn · to attract相反xiāngfǎn · opposite响xiǎng · echo

FAQs

无 (wú) means “not to have” or “no”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it wú: wú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 无 is written 無. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 无 from the suggestions. Typing wu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
无 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.