粵

冇mou5用jung6

mou5 jung6mǎo yòng

English

  1. useless
  2. useless; of no use; not useful for the situation

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用唔着,冇用途,冇建樹,唔啱用

Examples

  • 冇用嘅。

    That won't work.

    Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

  • 我劝过佢哋但是冇用。

    I tried in vain to persuade them.

    Tatoeba · iclementine CC BY

  • 我唔想做一個冇用嘅人。

    I don't want to be a useless person.

  • 你唔讀書,返學都冇用㗎。

    It is no use going to school if you are not going to study.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 呢件嘢冇用㗎喇,掉咗佢啦。

    This thing is useless anymore, please throw it away.

  • 你咁樣衰,整容都冇用㗎喇。

    Even plastic surgery won't do anything for your ugliness.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 「夠喇!我忍夠喇!你部機冇撚用㗎,抌咗佢好過啦!」「你喺到喊苦喊忽夠冇用啦。」

    "Enough! I cannot take this anymore. Your machine is a piece of shit and it has absolutely no place here!" "Neither does your whining."

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 當我去一間書店問店員:「邊度可以搵到自助書?」佢話:「話我知冇用。」

    Tatoeba · Andrea5437 CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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