無我

Chinese

		not have	I; me
trad. (無我)		無	我
simp. (无我)		无	我

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúwǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ ngo⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-ngó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúwǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúwǒ
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-wo³
    • Yale: wú-wǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuwoo
    • Palladius: уво (uvo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ ngo⁵
    • Yale: mòuh ngóh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ ngo⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ ngo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ ŋɔː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-ngó͘
    • Tâi-lô: bô-ngóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boingor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² ŋɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ ŋɔ̃⁴¹/

Noun

無我

1. (Buddhism) anatta

Derived terms

• 寧人負我，無我負人／宁人负我，无我负人
• 無我相經／无我相经

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無我):

• → Japanese: 無我(むが) (muga)
• → Korean: 무아(無我) (mua)
• → Vietnamese: vô ngã (無我)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “無我” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	我
む Grade: 4	が Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɡa̠]

Noun

無(む)我(が) • (muga) 

1. (Buddhism) anatta

Korean

Hanja in this term
無	我

Noun

無我 • (mua) (hangeul 무아)

1. Hanja form^? of 무아 (“anatta”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
無	我

Noun

無我

1. chữ Hán form of vô ngã (“anatta”).