無補於事

Chinese

		not have	to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (無補於事)		無	補	於	事
simp. (无补于事)		无	补	于	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúbǔyúshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄩˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ bou² jyu¹ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúbǔyúshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄩˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúbǔyúshìh
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-pu³-yü²-shih⁴
    • Yale: wú-bǔ-yú-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wubuuyushyh
    • Palladius: убуюйши (ubujujši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ bou² jyu¹ si⁶
    • Yale: mòuh bóu yū sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ bou² jy¹ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ bou² yu¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ pou̯³⁵ jyː⁵⁵ siː²²/

Idiom

無補於事

1. Synonym of 於事無補／于事无补 (yúshìwúbǔ, “unhelpful or useless to the situation”)