一無所有

See also: 一无所有

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	not have	that which exists; all; possessions
trad. (一無所有)		一	無	所有
simp. (一无所有)		一	无	所有

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīwúsuǒyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ mou⁴ so² jau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīwúsuǒyǒu [Phonetic: yìwúsuóyǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiwúsuǒyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-wu²-so³-yu³
    • Yale: yī-wú-swǒ-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iwusuooyeou
    • Palladius: иусою (iusoju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ u³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ mou⁴ so² jau⁵
    • Yale: yāt mòuh só yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ mou⁴ so² jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ mou⁴ so² yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ mou̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ jɐu̯¹³/

Idiom

一無所有

1. to have nothing at all

   當你一無所有的時候，你怎麼辦？ [MSC, trad.]
   当你一无所有的时候，你怎么办？ [MSC, simp.]

   Dāng nǐ yīwúsuǒyǒu de shíhou, nǐ zěnmebàn? [Pinyin]

   What do you do when you have nothing at all?

   • 盜賊亦窮民耳。開門延入，商量分惠，有甚麽便拿甚麽去；若一無所有，便王獻之青氈，亦可攜取質百錢救急也。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     盗贼亦穷民耳。开门延入，商量分惠，有什么便拿什么去；若一无所有，便王献之青毡，亦可携取质百钱救急也。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1744, 鄭燮 (Zheng Xie),《範縣署中寄舍弟墨第二書》, translation based on the work by Chien Gochuen (錢歌川)

     Dàozéi yì qióng mín ěr. Kāimén yánrù, shāngliàng fēnhuì, yǒu shénme biàn ná shénme qù; ruò yīwúsuǒyǒu, biàn Wáng Xiànzhī qīng zhān, yì kě xiéqǔ zhì bǎi qián jiùjí yě. [Pinyin]

     Thieves are but poor people. If they should come, I would open the door and invite them to step in so as to talk over the distribution of my belongings. They may take whatever I have. In case there is nothing at all worth taking, I would give them the hereditary blue blanket as what Wang Xianzhi had possessed, with which they may pawn for a hundred cashes to meet their urgent need.

Synonyms

• (literary) 胥靡 (xūmí)
• (Hokkien) 無半項／无半项