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
Min Nan (POJ): bô-pó͘

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/
Min Nan
- (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

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

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