The Chinese word 无穷 (wúqióng), meaning "infinite" or "endless", is a classical compound formed by combining the negation morpheme 无 (wú), meaning "without" or "lacking", with the character 穷 (qióng), which originally meant "to reach the end" or "exhausted". Literally, the combination translates to "without end" or "having no limit". This formation follows a common grammatical pattern in Chinese where an attributive (无) modifies a core concept (穷) to create an abstract, descriptive term. Its usage is deeply rooted in Chinese philosophical and mathematical texts to describe boundless space, time, or quantity, effectively capturing the concept of infinity through a simple, logical negation of finitude.