無用

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Chinese[edit]

not have to use
trad. (無用)
simp. (无用)

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (36)
Final () (24) (7)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
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
yòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mou4 jung6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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. *[t] 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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13117 15460
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ma/ /*loŋs/

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (無用):

Adverb[edit]

無用

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

Synonyms[edit]

  • (need not):
  • (don't):

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
よう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology[edit]

(non-) +‎ (use)

Adjective[edit]

()(よう) (muyō-na (adnominal ()(よう) (muyō na), adverbial ()(よう) (muyō ni))

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

Inflection[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

Noun[edit]

()(よう) (muyō

  1. uselessness
  2. needlessness
  3. being prohibited

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Noun[edit]

無用 (muyong) (hangeul 무용)

  1. Hanja form? of 무용 (uselessness).

Vietnamese[edit]

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective[edit]

無用

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