无用

無用
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. 别，不要
  3. 没用，没有用处

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 无 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

无用之树 wúyòngzhīshù useless person (originally from Zhuangzi's "A Happy Excursion" 逍遥游)
无用武之地 wúyòngwǔzhīdì
无用功 wúyònggōng

Related entries

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

That won't work!

Source: Tatoeba

没起子 méiqǐzi
  1. (dialect) (of a person) useless
  2. pathetic
  3. spineless
烂泥扶不上墙 lànnífúbùshàngqiáng
  1. useless (idiom)
  2. worthless
  3. inept
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