Chinese symbol for “unhelpful”
于事无补
yú shì wú bǔ
Traditional: 於事無補
unhelpful; useless
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unhelpful is 于事无补 (yú shì wú bǔ), defined as: unhelpful; useless.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 于事无补.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 对于 (對於) | duì yú | regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to |
| 由于 (由於) | yóu yú | due to; as a result of |
| 关于 (關於) | guān yú | pertaining to; concerning |
| 属于 (屬於) | shǔ yú | to belong to; to fall under (a category) |
| 位于 (位於) | wèi yú | to be located at; to be situated at |
| 终于 (終於) | zhōng yú | at last; in the end |
| 事件 | shì jiàn | incident; event |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng) |
| 无法 (無法) | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 补充 (補充) | bǔ chōng | to replenish; to supplement |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unhelpful”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.