无庸

無庸
wúyōng
adverb #31,525

Meanings

  1. 1 needless to say
  2. 2 no need to
  3. 3 without question (literary variant of 毋庸)

Examples

Zhè yì diǎn wúyōng zhìyí.
This point is beyond doubt.
Tā de nénglì wúyōng zhuìshù.
His abilities need no further elaboration.

Tips

register
无庸 is a literary variant of 毋庸 (wúyōng); both mean 'no need to'. Almost always seen in fixed four-character expressions: 无庸 (beyond doubt), 无庸 (no need to repeat), 无庸 (without need to conceal). Strictly written register — would feel stilted in spoken Mandarin.

Stroke Order

yōng