無路用

Chinese

		not have	travel expenses; use; usefulness
trad. (無路用)		無	路用
simp. (无路用)		无	路用

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bô-lō͘-ēng / bô-lō͘-iōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ lou⁷ êng⁷

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Singapore, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-lō͘-ēng
    • Tâi-lô: bô-lōo-īng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boiloxeng
    • IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ lɔ²²⁻²¹ eŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ lɔ³³⁻²¹ iɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² lɔ²²⁻²¹ iɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /bo²⁴⁻²² lɔ⁴¹⁻²² iɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔ³³⁻¹¹ iɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-lō͘-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: bô-lōo-iōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boiloxiong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² lɔ²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Penang): /bo²³⁻²¹ lɔ²¹ iɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ lɔ²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bho⁵ lou⁷ êng⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô lōu ēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lou¹¹ eŋ¹¹/

Verb

無路用

1. (Southern Min) to be useless; to be of no use

Synonyms

• 沒用／没用 (méiyòng)
• 無用／无用 (wúyòng)
• 沒卵用／没卵用 (méiluǎnyòng)
• (Cantonese) 冇用
• (Hokkien) 無路使／无路使, 無事使／无事使, 無路使用／无路使用, 無擋用／无挡用

Antonyms

• (Hokkien) 有路用

References

• “Entry #8681”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.