无缘 meaning in English

wúyuán

to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth)

HSK 7-9verbadverbTraditional 無緣16 strokes

Meaning of 无缘

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wúyuán
  1. to have no opportunity
  2. no way (of doing sth)
  3. no chance
  4. no connection
  5. not placed (in a competition)
  6. (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc

无缘 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

有yǒu缘yuán千qiān里lǐ来lái相xiāng会huì,无wú缘yuán对duì面miàn不bù相xiāng逢féng。
Those fated to meet will do so regardless of distance. Those not fated will not, even if they are across from one another.
我wǒ讨tǎo厌yàn前qián面miàn的de车chē毫háo无wú缘yuán故gù地dì突tū然rán煞shā车chē。
I hate when the driver in front of me hits the brakes for no reason.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

无 wú · not to have · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

缘 yuán · reason · 12 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
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  7. 7
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  9. 9
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  12. 12

Related words

Words that share a character with 无缘.

无法wúfǎunable to; incapable of
无论wúlùnno matter what or how; regardless of whether...
无聊wúliáobored; boring
无所谓wúsuǒwèito be indifferent; not to matter
无数wúshùcountless; numberless
无限wúxiànunlimited; unbounded; infinite
无疑wúyíundoubtedly; without doubt
无奈wúnàito have no alternative; frustrated
无关wúguānunrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)
边缘biānyuánedge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
无效wúxiàonot valid; ineffective
缘故yuángùreason; cause

Questions about 无缘

What does 无缘 mean?

无缘 (wúyuán) means "to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth)" and is used as a verb and adverb.

How do you write 无缘?

无缘 is made of 2 characters: 无 (4 strokes), 缘 (12 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 无缘 an HSK word?

Yes. 无缘 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 无缘 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 无缘 is written 無緣.