冇用 (mou5 jung6 | ) : useless; no use

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冇用

mou5 jung6

useless; no use

[國] 沒用

Mandarin 不用 is equivalent to Cantonese 唔使 (or 唔駛), not Cantonese 冇用)

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 27,500

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

冇用

This word has been viewed 7557 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 31st Jul 2009 14:51

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冇 mou5 - don't have
用 jung6 - use, operate

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靚係冇用嘅，最緊要係有才華粵
Looks are nothing... the most important thing is talent.

你真係冇用，畀人哋一剒你就乜都爆晒出嚟粵
You are useless. You revealed everything when they pressured you to do so.

不過大部分都只係冇用嘅情報粵
Most of the reports are useless though.
[Lit. however most also simply are no use [possessive particle] piece-of-intelligence]

我哋不斷收到呢啲冇用嘅傳單﹐實在討厭。粵
We keep getting these unwanted flyers; they're a real nuisance.
[In the second part of sentence, the English version uses "they" to show a change of new subject. The Cantonese version does not need a new subject which is understood.]

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