無用 [无－]

Jyutping mou4 jung6
Pinyin wú yòng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. useless
  2. worthless
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to be useless; to be of no use; to be a waste of time
    (syn.) 冇用, 無路使用, 无路用, 沒卵用, 唔等使, 無路使, 没用, 无路使用, 无路使, 沒用, 無路用, 無事使, 没卵用, 无事使
    • 有人認為讀書無用。
      有人认为读书无用。
      yǒu rén rèn wéi dú shū wú yòng ．
      Some believe reading is a waste of time.
  2. adv, Hainanese
    need not
  3. adv, Hainanese
    don't
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    件事都发生咗咯，而家怪佢都无用啦。
    件事都發生咗咯，而家怪佢都無用啦。
    gin2 si6 dou1 faat3 sang1 zo2 gok3 ， ji4 gaa1 gwaai3 keoi5 dou1 mou4 jung6 laa1 。
    • It is no use blaming him for the accident now.
  2. Cantonese
    抵抗系无用嘅。
    抵抗係無用嘅。
    dai2 kong3 hai6 mou4 jung6 ge3 。
    • Resistance is futile.
  3. Cantonese
    无用揾。 喺呢个黑暗中揾到系唔可能嘅。
    無用搵。 喺呢個黑暗中搵到係唔可能嘅。
    mou4 jung6 wan2 。 hai2 nei4 go3 hak1 am3 zung1 wan2 dou3 hai6 m4 ho2 nang4 ge3 。
    • There is no use to looking for. It is impossible to find it in this dark.
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    自然中没有什么是无用的。
    自然中沒有什麼是無用的。
    zì rán zhōng méi yǒu shén me shì wú yòng de 。
    • There is nothing useless in nature.
    • Nothing in nature is useless.
  2. Mandarin
    在空无一物的地方, 皇帝再大的权力也无用。
    在空無一物的地方, 皇帝再大的權力也無用。
    zài kōng wú yī wù de dì fāng , huáng dì zài dà de quán lì yě wú yòng 。
    • In an empty place, an emperor has no power.
  3. Mandarin
    这些是无用且冗长的会议。
    這些是無用且冗長的會議。
    zhè xiē shì wú yòng qiě rǒng cháng de huì yì 。
    • These meetings are infinite and fruitless.
    • These are just useless and resultless meetings.
  4. Mandarin
    活得丰富充实好过死后空留无用的金钱。
    活得豐富充實好過死後空留無用的金錢。
    huó dé fēng fù chōng shí hǎo guò sǐ hòu kōng liú wú yòng de jīn qián 。
    • It's better to live rich, than to die rich.
  5. Mandarin
    意大利电视毫无用处。
    意大利電視毫無用處。
    yì dà lì diàn shì háo wú yòng chu 。
    • Italian television is useless.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    你唔好着急啦，急嚟都无用。
    你唔好着急啦，急嚟都無用。
    nei5 m4 hou2 zoek6 gap1 laa1, gap1 lai4 dou1 mou2 jung6.
    • Don't panic, it's useless to be anxious.
  2. Cantonese
    你厉住我都无用，件事唔系我搞出嚟㗎。
    你厲住我都無用，件事唔係我搞出嚟㗎。
    nei5 lai6 zyu6 ngo5 dou1 mou5 jung6, gin6 si6 m4 hai6 ngo5 gaau2 ceot1 lei4 gaa3.
    • There's no point continuing to stare at me, I wasn't the one who caused the problem.
  3. Cantonese
    唔见咗嘢咪慢慢揾啰，发茅都无用㗎。
    唔見咗嘢咪慢慢揾囉，發茅都無用㗎。
    mm4 gin3 zo2 je5 mai6 maan6 maan6 wan2 lo1，faat3 maau4 dou1 mou5 jung6 gaa2。
    • If you can't find something you need to search with patient, acting recklessly gives no help at all.
  4. Cantonese
    我间公司系做外汇找换，日日一百几十万过我手，但无用啦，咪又系蜑家鸡见水，睇得唔食得。
    我間公司係做外匯找換，日日一百幾十萬過我手，但無用啦，咪又係蜑家雞見水，睇得唔食得。
    ngo5 gaan1 gung1 si1 hai6 zou6 ngoi6 wui6 zaau2 wun6, jat6 jat6 jat1 baak3 gei2 sap6 maan6 gwo3 ngo5 sau2, daan6 mou5 jung6 laa1, mai6 jau6 hai6 daan6 gaa1 gai1 gin3 seoi2, tai2 dak1 m4 sik6 dak1.
    • My company runs foreign exchange business, every day I would have millions of dollars pass through my hands, but that means nothing, you can not take a penny from them, like a boat people's chicken sees water, you can just have a look.
  5. Cantonese
    佢份功课俾只狗食咗，嘈到妈妈声咁都无用。
    佢份功課俾隻狗食咗，嘈到媽媽聲咁都無用。
    keoi5 fan6 gung1 fo3 bei2 zek3 gau2 sik6 zo2, cou4 dou3 maa1 maa1 seng1 dou1 mou5 jung6.
    • His homework was eaten by a dog, and cannot be recovered no matter how loud he swore.
Examples (None)
  1. Cantonese
    今日，所有嘢已经水涨船高，过往一套已经无用或者变成接火棒游戏，你拎五六百万出嚟系讲紧买公屋咋。
    今日，所有嘢已經水漲船高，過往一套已經無用或者變成接火棒遊戲，你拎五六百萬出嚟係講緊買公屋咋。
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    有人认为读书无用。
    有人認為讀書無用。
    yǒu rén rèn wéi dú shū wú yòng ．
    • Some believe reading is a waste of time.
    • There are some who believe reading is a waste of time.
  2. Mandarin
    它向全世界宣告，红军是英雄好汉，帝国主义者和他们的走狗蒋介石等辈则是完全无用的。
    它向全世界宣告，紅軍是英雄好漢，帝國主義者和他們的走狗蔣介石等輩則是完全無用的。
    tā xiàng quán shì jiè xuān gào ， hóng jūn shì yīng xióng hǎo hàn ， dì guó zhǔ yì zhě hé tā men de zǒu gǒu jiǎng jiè shí děng bèi zé shì wán quán wú yòng de ．
    • It has proclaimed to the world that the Red Army is an army of heroes, while the imperialists and their running dogs, Chiang Kai-shek and his like, are impotent.