没
用

Useless in Chinese: 没用 (méi yòng)

méi yòng

useless

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 沒用1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1useless

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没
用

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄟˊ

méi

ㄇ/ mㄟ/ eiˊ/ second tone

ㄩㄥˋ

yòng

ㄩ/ üㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

没用

Simplified

沒用

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这个办法一点也没用。

    zhè ge bàn fǎ yì diǎn yě méi yòng。

    This method is completely useless.

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Related words

没

méi

(negative prefix for verbs) have not

用

yòng

to use

作用

zuò yòng

to act on

使用

shǐ yòng

to use

费用

fèi yòng

cost

利用

lì yòng

to exploit

实用

shí yòng

practical

应用

yìng yòng

to put to use

用途

yòng tú

use

运用

yùn yòng

to use

不用

bù yòng

need not

没有

méi yǒu

haven't

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