没 méi
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 殳 tool, weapon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
没用
méiyòng
useless
Characters in this word
用 yòng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 用 — to use, to employ, to apply
- Made of
- ⺆ frame 𰀁 hook
Example phrases
- 这个没用。 Zhège méiyòng. This is useless.
- 说了也没用。 Shuō le yě méiyòng. Talking about it is no use.
- 旧票没用。 Jiù piào méiyòng. The old ticket is useless.
Related words
- 没 méi not (have); did not
- 没关系 méiguānxi it doesn't matter, never mind
- 没什么 méishénme it's nothing, never mind
- 没事儿 méishìr it's nothing, never mind
- 没有 méiyǒu not have, there is no; did not
- 没错 méicuò correct; right
- 没法儿 méifǎér to have no way to
- 没想到 méixiǎngdào to not expect
- 不用 búyòng no need to
- 用 yòng to use; with
- 有用 yǒuyòng useful
- 常用 chángyòng commonly used