没用

沒用

méiyòng

adjective HSK 3 #3,258

Meanings

说这些没用的。

Shuō zhèxiē méiyòng de.

Saying all this is useless.

哭也没用。

Kū yě méiyòng.

Crying won't help either.

这个东西没用了，扔掉吧。

Zhège dōngxi méiyòng le, rēngdiào ba.

This thing is useless now, throw it away.

usage

没用 can describe things (这个没用, this is useless) or be used as a blunt insult about people (你真没用, you're really useless). Be careful with the latter.

没 méi

用 yòng