無路用

Chinese

		not have	travel expenses; use; usefulness
trad. (無路用)		無	路用
simp. (无路用)		无	路用

Pronunciation

Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mò-lu-yung

(Hailu, HRS): mo lu^˖ rhung^˖
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bo² dou⁵ oeng⁵ / bo² dou⁵ yoeng⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bô-lō͘-ēng / bô-lō͘-iōng

(Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ lou⁷ êng⁷

Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-lu-yung
  - Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˇ lu iung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo² lu⁴ yung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ lu⁵⁵ i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-lu-yung
  - Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˇ lu (r)iung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo² lu⁴ yung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ lu⁵⁵ (j)i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: mo lu^˖ rhung^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /mo⁵⁵ lu³³ ʒuŋ³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bo² dou⁵ oeng⁵ [Phonetic: bo⁵ lou⁴ oeng⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: beó-dō-ē̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po¹³⁻¹¹ ^(t-)lɔu¹¹⁻⁴² œŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bo² dou⁵ yoeng⁵ [Phonetic: bo⁵ lou⁴ yoeng⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po²⁴⁻²¹ ^(t-)lɔu²¹⁻⁴² yøŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Singapore, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-lō͘-ēng
  - Tâi-lô: bô-lōo-īng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boiloxeng
  - IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ lɔ²²⁻²¹ eŋ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ lɔ³³⁻²¹ iɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² lɔ²²⁻²¹ iɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /bo²⁴⁻²² lɔ⁴¹⁻²² iɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔ³³⁻¹¹ iɪŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-lō͘-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: bô-lōo-iōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boiloxiong
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² lɔ²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Penang): /bo²³⁻²¹ lɔ²¹ iɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ lɔ²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bho⁵ lou⁷ êng⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô lōu ēng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lou¹¹ eŋ¹¹/

Verb

無路用

(Hokkien, Teochew, Puxian Min, Taiwanese Hakka) to be useless; to be of no use

Synonyms

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冇用 (mou⁵ jung⁶) (Cantonese)
沒卵用 / 没卵用 (méiluǎnyòng) (neologism, slang)
沒用 / 没用 (méiyòng)
無事使 / 无事使 (Hokkien, Teochew)
無擋用 / 无挡用 (Hokkien)
無用 / 无用 (wúyòng)
無路使 / 无路使 (Hokkien, Teochew)
無路使用 / 无路使用 (Hokkien, Teochew)

Antonyms

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好派用場 / 好派用场 (Wu)
好用 (⁵hau-yon) (Wu)
有用 (yǒuyòng)
有用場 / 有用场 (⁶yeu ⁶yon-zan) (Wu)
有路用 (Hokkien)

References

“無路用”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
“Entry #12363”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “无处用”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 47.