無益

See also: 无益

Chinese

not have benefit; increase
trad. (無益) 無 益
simp. (无益) 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: 無(む)益(えき) (mueki)
  • → Korean: 무익(無益) (mu'ik)
  • → Vietnamese: vô ích (無益)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無 益
む
Grade: 4
えき
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

無(む)益(えき) • (mueki) -na (adnominal 無(む)益(えき)な (mueki na), adverbial 無(む)益(えき)に (mueki ni))

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

Inflection

Noun

無(む)益(えき) • (mueki) 

  1. futility

References

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
無益

Adjective

無益

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