徒劳

túláo

futile

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 7 trad. 徒勞

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

徒
劳

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

徒
劳

See it in sentences

一切努力都是徒劳。

All the effort is futile.

谁的努力会徒劳？

Whose efforts would be in vain?