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用不著

jung6 bat1 zoek6

yong4 bu5 zhao2 (PRC), yong4 bu4 zhao2 (Taiwan)

not need; have no use for | Cant.: 唔使

This word can not be used in Spoken Cantonese 國

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 2,600,000

用不著 / 用不着

用 jung6 yong4 - use, operate
不 bat1 bu4 {fou3 fu1} - no, not; un-; negative prefix
著 zyu3 zoek3 zoek6 zhu4 zhuo2 zhe5 - to wear, to put on; celebrated; writing

This word was added by tym on 14th Dec 2004 and last edited on 2nd Feb 2007

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