無端 [无－]

Jyutping mou4 dyun1
Pinyin wú duān

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. for no reason at all
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    gratuitous
  2. adv
    for no reason
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    幸运唔会无端端降临喺你身上。
    幸運唔會無端端降臨喺你身上。
    hang6 wan6 m4 wui5 mou4 dyun1 dyun1 gong3 lam4 hai2 nei5 san1 soeng6.
    • Fortune will not befall you for no reason.
  2. Cantonese
    大家都好疑惑点解佢会无端端辞职。
    大家都好疑惑點解佢會無端端辭職。
    daai6 gaa1 dou1 hou2 ji4 waak6 dim2 gaai2 keoi5 wui2 mou4 dyun1 dyun1 ci4 zik1.
    • We are puzzled about his sudden resignation.
  3. Cantonese
    条鱼无端端死咗。
    條魚無端端死咗。
    tiu4 jyu2 mou4 dyun1 dyun1 sei2 zo2.
    • The fish died all of a sudden.
  4. Cantonese
    你玩乜嘢花臣，做乜无端端折公仔嘅？识女仔呀？
    你玩乜嘢花臣，做乜無端端摺公仔嘅？識女仔呀？
    nei5 waan2 mat1 je5 faa1 san2, zou6 mat1 mou4 dyun1 dyun1 zip3 gung1 zai2 ge2? sik1 neoi5 zai2 aa4?
    • What tricks are you playing? Why make origami? Are you trying to impress a girl?
  5. Cantonese
    我哋讲紧经济，你就无端端行埋嚟讲砌模型，都扯唔埋栏嘅。
    我哋講緊經濟，你就無端端行埋嚟講砌模型，都扯唔埋欄嘅。
    • We were talking about economics and you jump in and went on about making models, it is completely unrelated.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    我那时并不知道这所谓猹的是怎么一件东西——便是现在也不知道——只是无端地觉得状如小狗而很凶猛。
    我那時並不知道這所謂猹的是怎麼一件東西——便是現在也不知道——只是無端地覺得狀如小狗而很兇猛。
    wǒ nà shí bìng bù zhī dào zhè suǒ wèi chá de shì zěn me yī jiàn dōng xī — biàn shì xiàn zài yě bù zhī dào — zhǐ shì wú duān dì jué de zhuàng rú xiǎo gǒu ér hěn xiōng měng ．
    • Back then I did not know what this so-called cha was—which I still do not know even now—but just thought that it had a shape like a little dog and was somehow ferocious for no reason.
  2. Mandarin
    况且始终微笑著的和蔼的刘和珍君，更何至于无端在府门前喋血呢？
    況且始終微笑著的和藹的劉和珍君，更何至於無端在府門前喋血呢？
    kuàng qiě shǐ zhōng wēi xiào zhe de hé ǎi de liú hé zhēn jūn ， gèng hé zhì yú wú duān zài fǔ mén qián dié xuè ne ？
    • Besides, how could Miss Liu Hezhen, who is amiable and always smiling, have been slaughtered for no reason in front of Government House?