無用

无用
wúyòng
  1. useless
  2. worthless

CEDICT

  1. (Hainanese) don't
  2. (Hainanese) need not
  3. don't
  4. need not
  5. to be useless; to be of no use; to be a waste of time

Wiktionary

  1. 不用，不需要
  2. 別，不要
  3. 沒用，沒有用處

維基詞典

Examples

省略掉无用的词！

Omit needless words!

Source: Tatoeba

自然中没有什么是无用的。

Nothing in nature is useless.

Source: Tatoeba

当死亡来敲你的门时，世界上所有的财富都是无用的。

All the wealth in the world is useless when death comes knocking on your door.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 無 wú
  1. not to have
  2. no
  3. none
  4. not
  5. to lack
  6. un-
  7. -less
2 用 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore

Containing this entry

無用之樹 wúyòngzhīshù useless person (originally from Zhuangzi's "A Happy Excursion" 逍遙遊)
無用武之地 wúyòngwǔzhīdì
無用功 wúyònggōng

Related entries

不當事 bùdāngshì
  1. useless
  2. regard as useless
不稂不莠 bùlángbùyǒu
  1. useless
  2. worthless
  3. good-for-nothing
沒用 méiyòng useless
没用的！

That won't work!

Source: Tatoeba

沒起子 méiqǐzi
  1. (dialect) (of a person) useless
  2. pathetic
  3. spineless
爛泥扶不上牆 lànnífúbùshàngqiáng
  1. useless (idiom)
  2. worthless
  3. inept
吃乾飯 chīgānfàn
  1. (coll.) to be incompetent
  2. useless
  3. good-for-nothing
寙 yǔ
  1. bad
  2. useless
  3. weak
於事無補 yúshìwúbǔ
  1. unhelpful
  2. useless
窳 yǔ
  1. bad
  2. useless
  3. weak
不中用 bùzhōngyòng
  1. unfit for anything
  2. no good
  3. useless
  4. (of a sick person) beyond hope
形同虛設 xíngtóngxūshè
  1. to exist in name only
  2. empty shell
  3. useless (idiom)
疣贅 yóuzhuì
  1. wart
  2. superfluous
  3. useless
肉瘤 ròuliú
  1. wart
  2. sarcoma
  3. superfluous
  4. useless
一文不值 yīwénbùzhí
  1. worthless (idiom)
  2. no use whatsoever
不值一文 bùzhíyīwén
  1. worthless (idiom)
  2. no use whatsoever
不成材 bùchéngcái
  1. worthless
  2. good-for-nothing
就是因为他不成材他爸看不起他。

It's just that because he hasn't made something of himself, his father won't look at him.

Source: Tatoeba

不值一笑 bùzhíyīxiào
  1. of no value
  2. worthless
潑賤 pōjiàn
  1. base
  2. worthless