For nothing in Chinese
for nothing · HSK 6
白白
- 白 white
我白白等了他两个小时。 I waited for him for two hours for nothing.
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How do you say for nothing in Chinese?
For nothing in Chinese is 白白 (bái bái). You can also say 空 (kōng), 白 (bái).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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