無敵

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See also: 无敌

Chinese

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not have enemy; match
trad. (無敵)
simp. (无敌)

Etymology

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Witnessed in the Fifth chapter of Romance of the Three Kingdoms:

三國演義:「呂布英勇無敵。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
三国演义:「吕布英勇无敌。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
“sānguóyǎnyì” dì wǔ huí: “Lǚ Bù yīngyǒng wúdí.” [Pinyin]
Lu Bu is bold and no one can thwart him.

Meaning expanded from no one can stop to overpowered and invincible.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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無敵

  1. invincible; unbeatable

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (無敵):
  • Japanese: 無敵(むてき) (muteki)
  • Korean: 무적(無敵) (mujeok)
  • Vietnamese: vô địch (無敵)

Adverb

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無敵

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) extremely; unbeatably; invincibly

Synonyms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
てき
Grade: 6
goon kan'on
 無敵 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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()(てき) (muteki-na (adnominal ()(てき) (muteki na), adverbial ()(てき) (muteki ni))

  1. invincible, matchless

Inflection

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Noun

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()(てき) (muteki

  1. invincibility, matchlessness

Derived terms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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無敵 (mujeok) (hangeul 무적)

  1. hanja form? of 무적

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

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無敵

  1. chữ Hán form of vô địch.