無用

See also: 无用

Chinese

not have to use
trad. (無用)
simp. (无用)

Pronunciation


Verb

無用

  1. to be useless; to be of no use; to be a waste of time
    有人認為讀書無用 [MSC, trad.]
    有人认为读书无用 [MSC, simp.]
    Yǒurén rènwéi dúshū wúyòng. [Pinyin]
    Some believe reading is a waste of time.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無用):

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
よう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

(non-) + (use)

Adjectival noun

無用 (-na inflection, hiragana むよう, rōmaji muyō)

  1. useless
  2. unnecessary; needless
  3. prohibited, no (...ing)

Inflection

Antonyms

Noun

無用 (hiragana むよう, rōmaji muyō)

  1. uselessness
  2. needlessness
  3. being prohibited

Compounds

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

無用 (muyong) (hangeul 무용)

  1. Hanja form? of 무용 (uselessness).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Adjective

無用

  1. Hán tự form of vô dụng (useless).
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