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用不着

yòng bu zháo

3-character word Traditional 用不著

What 用不着 means

1. not need
2. have no use for

How 用不着 is used in grammar

用不着 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Fixed Phrases: 不得了、用不着、得了 (HSK 5)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 5, set phrases (其他).

The characters in 用不着

• 用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need…
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 着zheaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state

Example sentences

• 她用不着工作。
  She doesn't need to work.
• 希望你用不着它。
  Xīwàng nǐ yòngbuzháo tā.
  Let's hope you don't need it.
• 用不着这幺严格。
  There is no need to be so strict.
• 他用不着起这么早。
  Tāyòng bù zhe qǐ zhème zǎo.
  He doesn't need to get up so early.
• 带了相机也用不着。
  Dài le xiàngjī yě yòngbuzháo.
  There's no point in taking a camera.
• 他用不着起这幺早。
  He doesn't need to get up so early.

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yòng bu zháo correctly.
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