無用

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Chinese

not have to use
trad. (無用) 無 用
simp. (无用) 无 用

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 無 用
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 鍾 (7)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 武夫切 余頌切
Baxter mju yowngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mɨo/ /jɨoŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mio/ /jioŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mio/ /ioŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/muə̆/ /juawŋH/
Li
Rong 		/mio/ /ioŋH/
Wang
Li 		/mĭu/ /jĭwoŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mi̯u/ /i̯woŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wú yòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mou4 jung6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 無 無 無 用
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wú wú wú yòng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mju › ‹ mju › ‹ mju › ‹ yowngH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ma/ /*ma/ /*mo/ /*loŋ-s/
English not have volitional prefix don’t use (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 無 用
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13117 15460
Phonetic
component 		無 用
Rime
group 		魚 東
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		無 用
Old
Chinese 		/*ma/ /*loŋs/

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.
    Some believe reading is a waste of time.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無用):

Adverb

無用

  1. (Hainanese) need not
  2. (Hainanese) don't

Synonyms

  • (need not):
Dialectal synonyms of 不用 (“need not”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 不必, 無須, 毋庸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 不必, 毋須, 無須, 無須乎, 不待
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 甭, 不用, 甭用
Taiwan 不用
Shenyang 甭
Malaysia 不用
Singapore 不用, 不必
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 甭
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 不用
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 不消
Wuhan 不消, 用不著
Kunming 不用
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 用不著
Hefei 不用
Cantonese Guangzhou 唔使
Hong Kong 唔使
Macau 唔使
Taishan 唔使, 冇使
Dongguan 唔使
Yangjiang 無使, 使乜
Hepu (Lianzhou) 冇使
Hepu (Shatian) 冇使
Beihai 冇使
Beihai (Nankang) 冇使
Beihai (Yingpan) 冇使
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 冇使
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 冇使
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 冇使
Singapore (Guangfu) 唔使
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 唔使
Gan Nanchang 不消, 用不著
Hakka Meixian 唔使
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 唔使
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 唔使
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 唔使
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 唔使
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 唔使
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 唔使
Kuching (Hepo) 唔使
Jin Taiyuan 不用
Northern Min Jian'ou 伓讓
Eastern Min Fuzhou 伓使
Matsu 伓使
Singapore (Fuqing) 伓使
Southern Min Xiamen 毋免, 免, 毋使
Quanzhou 毋免, 免
Zhangzhou 毋免, 免, 毋使
Taipei 毋免, 免
Kaohsiung 毋免, 免
Penang (Hokkien) 毋免, 免
Singapore (Hokkien) 毋免, 免
Manila (Hokkien) 毋免, 免
Chaozhou 免, 免用
Shantou 免, 免用
Shantou (Chenghai) 免
Shantou (Chaoyang) 免
Jieyang 免, 免用
Singapore (Teochew) 免
Pontianak (Teochew) 免
Wenchang 無用
Singapore (Hainanese) 無用
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 唔使
Wu Shanghai 勿要, 覅, 用勿著, 勿用, 好勿要, 好覅
Suzhou 用勿著
Ningbo 甮, 好甮
Wenzhou 覅用, 否用
Xiang Changsha 不消
Shuangfeng 不消, 不要
  • (don't):
Dialectal synonyms of 別 (“do not”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 勿, 莫1, 毋, 無
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 別, 不要, 勿, 別要 chiefly Hong Kong
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 別, 別價
Taiwan 別, 不要
Harbin 別
Malaysia 不要
Singapore 不要
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 別, 別價, 甭價, 不要
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 別
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 嫑, 甭1, 休
Wanrong 嫑, 不要
Xi'an 嫑, 不敢
Xining 嫑
Xuzhou 嫑, 休
Lanyin Mandarin Lanzhou 不要
Ürümqi 嫑
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 莫1, 不要, 嫑
Wuhan 莫1, 不
Guiyang 不要
Guilin 莫1
Liuzhou 莫1, 莫要
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 莫1
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 不要
Yangzhou 莫1, 不要
Hefei 別, 不要
Cantonese Guangzhou 咪, 咪個, 唔好
Hong Kong 咪, 唔好, 冇
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 唔好
Macau 唔要
Foshan (Shunde) 咪
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 咪
Zhuhai (Doumen) 唔好
Taishan 唔好
Kaiping (Chikan) 唔好
Dongguan 咪, 唔好
Shaoguan 咪
Yunfu 咪, 唔好
Yangjiang 莫1, 無好
Xinyi 毛
Lianjiang 冇
Nanning 冇要
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 咪
Singapore (Guangfu) 咪, 唔好
Gan Nanchang 莫1
Lichuan 毋要, 不要
Pingxiang 不要
Hakka Meixian 莫1, 毋愛, 毋好
Xingning 毋愛
Huidong (Daling) 毋好
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 毋好
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 毋好
Changting 毋要
Liancheng 毋要
Ninghua 毋要
Yudu 毋要, 毋敢
Ruijin 毋要
Shicheng 毋要
Shangyou (Shexi) 毋要
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 毋好
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 毋好
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 毋好
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 毋好
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 毋好
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 毋好
Hong Kong 毋好
Sabah (Longchuan) 毋愛
Senai (Huiyang) 毋好
Kuching (Hepo) 唔愛
Huizhou Jixi 不要, 嫑
Shexian 不要, 嫑
Huangshan (Tunxi) 不要, 嫑
Jin Taiyuan 不要, 不敢
Xinzhou 不要, 嫑, 播
Northern Min Jian'ou 伓敢, 伓讓, 毋
Pucheng (Shibei) 伓敢
Eastern Min Fuzhou 伓通, 毋
Fuqing 伓通
Matsu 毋
Southern Min Xiamen 毋通, 毋愛, 莫2, 𱰠, 莫用, 汰
Quanzhou 毋通, 毋愛, 甭2, 莫用, 汰
Zhangzhou 毋通, 莫2, 甭2, 𱰠, 莫用, 汰
Zhao'an 孬
Taipei 莫2
New Taipei (Sanxia) 莫去
Kaohsiung 莫2
Yilan 毋通, 莫2
Changhua (Lukang) 莫2
Tainan 莫2, 甭2
Penang (Hokkien) 莫2, 毋通, 甭2
Singapore (Hokkien) 莫2, 毋通, 甭2
Manila (Hokkien) 毋通, 甭2
Pingnan (Shangdu) 別
Chaozhou 孬, 莫2
Shantou 孬, 莫2
Shantou (Chaoyang) 莫2
Jieyang 孬, 莫2
Haifeng 莫2
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 孬
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 孬
Penang (Teochew) 莫2
Singapore (Teochew) 莫2, 孬
Leizhou 無地
Haikou 無用, 莫2, 無莫
Qionghai 無用
Singapore (Hainanese) 無用
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 冇要
Wu Shanghai 勿要, 𧟰
Shanghai (Chongming) 拗
Suzhou 𧟰
Wuxi 𧟰
Nantong (Haimen) 拗, 拗要, 弗要
Danyang 弗要, 𫸻
Hangzhou 嫑
Hangzhou (Yuhang) 弗要, 消, 𧟰
Ningbo 莫, 甮
Wenzhou 𧟰
Lishui ⿰毋樂
Qingyuan ⿰否樂
Jinhua 𫸻, 弗要, 弗用
Xiang Changsha 莫1, 不要
Loudi 不要, 莫1
Shuangfeng 莫1
Quanzhou 別

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無 用
む
Grade: 4 		よう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

無 (“non-”) +‎ 用 (“use”)

Adjective

無(む)用(よう) • (muyō) -na (adnominal 無(む)用(よう)な (muyō na), adverbial 無(む)用(よう)に (muyō ni))

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

Inflection

Inflection of 無用
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 無用だろ むようだろ muyō daro
Continuative (連用形) 無用で むようで muyō de
Terminal (終止形) 無用だ むようだ muyō da
Attributive (連体形) 無用な むような muyō na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 無用なら むようなら muyō nara
Imperative (命令形) 無用であれ むようであれ muyō de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 無用ではない
無用じゃない 		むようではない
むようじゃない 		muyō de wa nai
muyō ja nai
Informal past 無用だった むようだった muyō datta
Informal negative past 無用ではなかった
無用じゃなかった 		むようではなかった
むようじゃなかった 		muyō de wa nakatta
muyō ja nakatta
Formal 無用です むようです muyō desu
Formal negative 無用ではありません
無用じゃありません 		むようではありません
むようじゃありません 		muyō de wa arimasen
muyō ja arimasen
Formal past 無用でした むようでした muyō deshita
Formal negative past 無用ではありませんでした
無用じゃありませんでした 		むようではありませんでした
むようじゃありませんでした 		muyō de wa arimasen deshita
muyō ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 無用で むようで muyō de
Conditional 無用なら（ば） むようなら（ば） muyō nara (ba)
Provisional 無用だったら むようだったら muyō dattara
Volitional 無用だろう むようだろう muyō darō
Adverbial 無用に むように muyō ni
Degree 無用さ むようさ muyōsa

Antonyms

Noun

無(む)用(よう) • (muyō) 

  1. uselessness
  2. needlessness
  3. forbiddenness; being forbidden

Derived terms

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
無用

Noun

無用 • (muyong) (hangeul 무용)

  1. hanja form? of 무용 (“uselessness”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
無用

Adjective

無用

  1. chữ Hán form of vô dụng (“useless”).
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