没用

Character by character

• 没méi7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 沒not, have not, none; drown, sink
• 用yòng5 strokesHSK 1use, employ, apply, operate; use

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Example sentences

• 没用的！

  Méi yòng de

  That won't work!

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 没用. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 没有méi yǒuHSK 1

  haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be

• 没méiHSK 1

  (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

• 用yòngHSK 1

  to use; to employ; to have to; to eat or drink; expense or outlay; usefulness; hence; therefore

• 使用shǐ yòngHSK 2

  to use; to employ; to apply; to make use of

• 利用lì yòngHSK 3

  to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize

• 作用zuò yòngHSK 2

  to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 用, inhibition

• 不用bù yòngHSK 1

  need not

• 没什么méi shén meHSK 1

  nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind

• 费用fèi yòngHSK 3

  cost; expenditure; expense

• 用于yòng yúHSK 5

  to use in; to use on; to use for

• 采用cǎi yòngHSK 3

  to adopt; to employ; to use

• 用来yòng láiHSK 5

  to be used for

• 运用yùn yòngHSK 4

  to use; to put to use

• 没关系méi guān xiHSK 1

  it doesn't matter

• 信用卡xìn yòng kǎHSK 2

  credit card

• 从没cóng méiHSK 6

  never (in the past); never did

• 用户yòng hùHSK 5

  user; consumer; subscriber; customer

• 有用yǒu yòngHSK 1

  useful

• 用品yòng pǐnHSK 6

  articles for use; products; goods

• 服用fú yòngHSK 7

  to take (medicine)

• 没错méi cuòHSK 4

  that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong

• 适用shì yòngHSK 3

  to be applicable

• 应用yìng yòngHSK 3

  to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application; practical use; (computing) app

• 用心yòng xīnHSK 6

  motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful