沒卵用

Chinese

		no	freaking	use
trad. (沒卵用)		沒	卵	用
simp. (没卵用)		没	卵	用

Etymology

沒用／没用 (méiyòng, “useless”) intensified with the vulgar infix 卵 (luǎn). Influenced by Cantonese and Gan.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méiluǎnyòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄌㄨㄢˇ ㄩㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méiluǎnyòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄌㄨㄢˇ ㄩㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méiluǎnyòng
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-luan³-yung⁴
    • Yale: méi-lwǎn-yùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meiloanyonq
    • Palladius: мэйлуаньюн (mɛjluanʹjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ lu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ jʊŋ⁵¹/

Adjective

沒卵用

1. (neologism, slang, vulgar) of damn all use; goddamn useless

Synonyms

• 無用／无用 (wúyòng)
• 沒用／没用 (méiyòng)
• (Cantonese) 冇用, 冇撚用
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 無路用／无路用, 無路使／无路使, 無事使／无事使, 無路使用／无路使用

See also

• 然並卵／然并卵 (rán bìng luǎn)