"In vain" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 白 |  bái | white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera |   |
| 无效 | wú xiào | not valid / ineffective / in vain | |
| 白白 | bái bái | in vain / to no purpose / for nothing / white | |
| 空空 | kōng kōng | empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile) | |
| 徒然 | tú rán | in vain | |
| 枉然 | wǎng rán | in vain / to no avail | |
| 空 | kōng | empty / air / sky / in vain | |
| 唐 | táng | to exaggerate / empty / in vain / old variant of 螗[tang2] | |
| 虚 | xū | emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain | |
| 枉 | wǎng | to twist / crooked / unjust / in vain | |
| 白饶 | bái ráo | to give sth extra free of charge / (coll.) in vain / to no avail | |
