HSK 3 · Ability & Possibility

没用

méi yòng

useless

Stroke order of 没用

2 characters, 12 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

没 · 7 strokes 用 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

Water 氵 poured on a 殳 in 没 to drown it, with use 用: no use at all.

Parts: 没 not have (氵 + 殳) + 用 use

The characters in 没用

没 méi — not (have); did not (7 strokes)
用 yòng — to use (5 strokes)

Example sentence

哭没用。

Crying is useless.

Words with 没

没关系it doesn't matter; no problem 没什么it's nothing; never mind 没事儿it's OK; never mind 没not (have); did not 没有not have; there is not; did not

Words with 用

有用useful 用to use 不用no need 常用commonly used 信用卡credit card 作用effect; function 使用to use 费用cost; expenses 采用to adopt; to use 适用applicable 利用to use; to make use of 应用to apply; application

More words: Ability & Possibility

能力ability 才能talent; ability 本领skill; ability 本事ability; skill 实力strength; capability 力force; strength 力量power; strength 能不能can or cannot 敢to dare 应当should; ought to 必要necessary 必然inevitable; certainly 有的是to have plenty of 有效effective; valid

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