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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 用不着

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
用不着 yòng bu zháo - not need
- have no use for

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 5 3,739 12,963 11,706

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yòng- to use; to make use of; to employ
- (coverb) with; using
- to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
- usefulness; utility
- (bound form) expense; outlay
- (courteous) to eat; to drink
- (literary) hence; therefore
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
zhāo- a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2])
- trick; tactic
- (dialect) okay; all right
- (dialect) to put in; to add
zháo- to touch
- to come in contact with
- to feel
- to be affected by
- to catch fire
- to burn
- (coll.) to fall asleep
- (after a verb) hitting the mark
- succeeding in
zhe- aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
zhuó- to wear (clothes)
- to contact
- to use
- to apply

Other Words Containing 用不着

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
用不着 - 5 3,739 12,963 11,706