無用功

See also: 无用功

Chinese

		to be useless; to be of no use; to be a waste of time to be useless; to be of no use; to be a waste of time; need not	merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment
trad. (無用功)		無用	功
simp. (无用功)		无用	功

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúyònggōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄩㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúyònggōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄩㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúyònggong
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-yung⁴-kung¹
    • Yale: wú-yùng-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuyonqgong
    • Palladius: уюнгун (ujungun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

無用功

1. useless work; ineffective work