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

Pronunciation

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

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

無益

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