無益

See also: 无益

Chinese

not have benefit; increase
trad. (無益)
simp. (无益)

Pronunciation


Adjective

無益

  1. to be in vain; to have no benefit; to not be helpful

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • 徒勞無益徒劳无益
  • 徒費無益徒费无益
  • 有損無益有损无益

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無益):
  • Japanese: ()(えき) (mueki)
  • Korean: 무익(無益) (mu'ik)
  • Vietnamese: vô ích (無益)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
えき
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Adjective

()(えき) (mueki) -na (adnominal ()(えき) (mueki na), adverbial ()(えき) (mueki ni))

  1. useless, futile, pointless
    • 1941, 太宰治, 新ハムレット:
      (ひと)無益(むえき)(きず)つけるだけの(こと)です。
      Hito o mueki ni kizu tsukeru dake no koto desu.
      It only hurts people pointlessly.

Inflection

Noun

()(えき) (mueki) 

  1. futility

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Adjective

無益

  1. chữ Hán form of vô ích (useless; futile).
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