用不著

See also: 用不着

Chinese

		to use	to need not; to not need
trad. (用不著/用不着)		用	不著/不着
simp. (用不着)		用	不着

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòngbùzháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁶ bat¹ zoek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòngbùzháo → yòngbuzháo (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ → ㄩㄥˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄓㄠˊ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòngbůjháo
    • Wade–Giles: yung⁴-pu⁵-chao²
    • Yale: yùng-bu-jáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqbujaur
    • Palladius: юнбучжао (junbučžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵/ → /jʊŋ⁵¹ b̥u¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁶ bat¹ zoek⁶
    • Yale: yuhng bāt jeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁶ bat⁷ dzoek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁶ bed¹ zêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sœːk̚²/

Verb

用不著

1. there is no need to; it is not worthwhile to

   用不著這麼誇張吧！ [MSC, trad.]
   用不着这么夸张吧！ [MSC, simp.]

   Yòngbuzháo zhème kuāzhāng ba! [Pinyin]

   There's no need to exaggerate it so!

   你用不著在我面前擺架子。 [MSC, trad.]
   你用不着在我面前摆架子。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ yòngbuzháo zài wǒ miànqián bǎi jiàzi. [Pinyin]

   You don't have to put on airs in front of me.

2. not need; have no use for

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不用 (“need not”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		不必, 無須, 毋庸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不必, 毋須, 無須, 無須乎, 不待
Mandarin	Beijing	甭, 不用, 甭用
	Taiwan	不用
	Shenyang	甭
	Jinan	甭
	Xi'an	不用
	Wuhan	不消, 用不著
	Chengdu	不消
	Kunming	不用
	Yangzhou	用不著
	Hefei	不用
	Malaysia	不用
	Singapore	不用, 不必
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔使
	Hong Kong	唔使
	Macau	唔使
	Taishan	唔使, 冇使
	Dongguan	唔使
	Yangjiang	無使, 使乜
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	冇使
	Hepu (Shatian)	冇使
	Beihai	冇使
	Beihai (Nankang)	冇使
	Beihai (Yingpan)	冇使
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	冇使
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	冇使
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	冇使
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔使
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	唔使
Gan	Nanchang	不消, 用不著
Hakka	Meixian	唔使
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	唔使
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	唔使
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	唔使
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	唔使
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	唔使
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	唔使
	Kuching (Hepo)	唔使
Jin	Taiyuan	不用
Northern Min	Jian'ou	伓讓
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	伓使
	Matsu	伓使
	Singapore (Fuqing)	伓使
Southern Min	Xiamen	毋免, 免, 毋使
	Quanzhou	毋免, 免
	Zhangzhou	毋免, 免, 毋使
	Taipei	毋免, 免
	Kaohsiung	毋免, 免
	Penang (Hokkien)	毋免, 免
	Singapore (Hokkien)	毋免, 免
	Manila (Hokkien)	毋免, 免
	Chaozhou	免, 免用
	Shantou	免, 免用
	Shantou (Chenghai)	免
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	免
	Jieyang	免, 免用
	Singapore (Teochew)	免
	Pontianak (Teochew)	免
	Wenchang	無用
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無用
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	唔使
Wu	Shanghai	勿要, 覅, 用勿著, 勿用, 好勿要, 好覅
	Suzhou	用勿著
	Ningbo	甮, 好甮
	Wenzhou	覅用, 否用
Xiang	Changsha	不消
	Shuangfeng	不消, 不要