無補

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
trad. (無補)		無	補
simp. (无补)		无	补

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúbǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄅㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ bou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-pó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúbǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄅㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúbǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-pu³
    • Yale: wú-bǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wubuu
    • Palladius: убу (ubu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ bou²
    • Yale: mòuh bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ pou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-pó͘
    • Tâi-lô: bô-póo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'por
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² pɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² pɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² pɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ pɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ pɔ⁴¹/

Verb

無補

1. of no help; of no avail

Derived terms

• 於事無補／于事无补 (yúshìwúbǔ)
• 無補於世／无补于世
• 無補於事／无补于事 (wúbǔyúshì)
• 無補於時／无补于时
• 空言無補／空言无补