"徒勞" meaning in Chinese

See 徒勞 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /tʰu³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /tʰou̯²¹ lou̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tɔ²⁴⁻²² lɔ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /tɔ¹³⁻²² lo¹³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /tɔ²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /tʰu³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/, /tʰou̯²¹ lou̯²¹/, /tɔ²⁴⁻²² lɔ²⁴/, /tɔ¹³⁻²² lo¹³/, /tɔ²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴/ Chinese transliterations: túláo [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄊㄨˊ ㄌㄠˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], tou⁴ lou⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], tô͘-lô͘, tô͘-lô, túláo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄊㄨˊ ㄌㄠˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], túláo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], tʻu²-lao² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], tú-láu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], twulau [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], тулао [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], tulao [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], tòuh lòuh [Cantonese, Yale], tou⁴ lou⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], tou⁴ lou⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], tô͘-lô͘ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], tôo-lôo [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], doloo [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], tô͘-lô [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], tôo-lô [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], dolooi [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 徒劳
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 徒勞
  1. to make a futile effort; to work fruitlessly Derived forms: 徒勞無功 (túláowúgōng), 徒劳无功 (túláowúgōng) Related terms: 竹籃打水 (zhúlándǎshuǐ), 竹篮打水 (zhúlándǎshuǐ)
    Sense id: en-徒勞-zh-verb-ZVUoj3ft Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "roman": "túláowúgōng",
          "word": "徒勞無功"
        },
        {
          "roman": "túláowúgōng",
          "word": "徒劳无功"
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      "glosses": [
        "to make a futile effort; to work fruitlessly"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "futile",
          "futile"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "fruitless",
          "fruitless"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "zhúlándǎshuǐ",
          "word": "竹籃打水"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhúlándǎshuǐ",
          "word": "竹篮打水"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "túláo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄨˊ ㄌㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou⁴ lou⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tô͘-lô͘"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tô͘-lô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "túláo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄨˊ ㄌㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "túláo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻu²-lao²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tú-láu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "twulau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "тулао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tulao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tòuh lòuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou⁴ lou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou⁴ lou⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰou̯²¹ lou̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tô͘-lô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tôo-lôo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "doloo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴⁻²² lɔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tô͘-lô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tôo-lô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dolooi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ¹³⁻²² lo¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰou̯²¹ lou̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴⁻²² lɔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ¹³⁻²² lo¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "徒勞"
}
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      "roman": "túláowúgōng",
      "word": "徒勞無功"
    },
    {
      "roman": "túláowúgōng",
      "word": "徒劳无功"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "roman": "zhúlándǎshuǐ",
      "word": "竹籃打水"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhúlándǎshuǐ",
      "word": "竹篮打水"
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        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
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      "glosses": [
        "to make a futile effort; to work fruitlessly"
      ],
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        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "futile",
          "futile"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "fruitless",
          "fruitless"
        ]
      ]
    }
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "túláo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄨˊ ㄌㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou⁴ lou⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tô͘-lô͘"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tô͘-lô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "túláo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄨˊ ㄌㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "túláo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻu²-lao²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tú-láu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "twulau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "тулао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tulao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tòuh lòuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou⁴ lou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou⁴ lou⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰou̯²¹ lou̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tô͘-lô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tôo-lôo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "doloo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴⁻²² lɔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tô͘-lô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tôo-lô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dolooi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ¹³⁻²² lo¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰou̯²¹ lou̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴⁻²² lɔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ¹³⁻²² lo¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "徒勞"
}

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