méi yòng
inutile
Practice writing with stroke order guidance, audio pronunciation, and interactive exercises in our mobile app.
Step-by-step stroke order animations
Native speaker audio pronunciation
Interactive writing recognition
这个东西没用。
zhè ge dōng xi méi yòng.
This thing is useless.
我没用。
wǒ méi yòng.
I am useless.
你没用。
nǐ méi yòng.
You are useless.
有用 (yǒu yòng)
useful
有效 (yǒu xiào)
effective
The Chinese word 没用 (méiyòng) is composed of two characters: 没 (méi) and 用 (yòng). The character 没 (méi) originally meant "not having" or "lacking", and it is still used in this sense today. The character 用 (yòng) originally meant "to use" or "to employ", and it is still used in this sense today as well. When these two characters are combined, they form the word 没用 (méiyòng), which literally means "not having use" or "useless". This word is often used to describe something that is not useful or helpful, or that is of no value. For example, you could say 這個東西沒用 (zhège dōngxī méiyòng) to mean "This thing is useless."
