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"improper use" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
不当使用 不當使用 improper use
Chinese Pinyin Translation
用 yòng to use / to make use of / to employ / (coverb) with / using / to need / to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness / utility / (bound form) expense / outlay / (courteous) to eat / to drink / (literary) hence / therefore syn
利用 lì yòng to exploit / to make use of / to use / to take advantage of / to utilize syn
使用 shǐ yòng to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of syn
运用 運用 yùn yòng to use / to put to use syn
用于 yòng yú to use in / to use on / to use for syn
离谱 離譜 lí pǔ inappropriate / improper / out of place syn
借用 jiè yòng to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use syn
施展 shī zhǎn to use fully / to put to use syn
应用 應用 yìng yòng to put to use / to apply / practical / applied (science, linguistics etc) / application / practical use / (computing) app syn
不当 不當 bù dàng unsuitable / improper / inappropriate syn
内伤 內傷 nèi shāng internal injury / disorder of internal organs (due to improper nutrition, overexertion etc) syn
共用 gòng yòng to share the use of / to have joint use of / communal (bathroom) / shared (antenna) / to use, in total, ... syn
不端 bù duān improper / dishonorable syn
失当 失當 shī dàng inappropriate / improper syn
欠妥 qiàn tuǒ improper / inappropriate / unsatisfactory / inadequate syn
假借 jiǎ jiè to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan syn
取长补短 取長補短 qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) / to use this in place of that / what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts syn
连用 連用 lián yòng to use (two words etc) together / to use (sth) continuously
用字 yòng zì to use letters / to use words / diction
捞取 撈取 lāo qǔ to dredge up / to scoop up from the water / to fish for / to gain (by improper means) syn
非分 fēi fèn improper / presumptuous / assuming / overstepping one's bounds / also written 非份[fei1 fen4] syn
不合适 不合適 bù hé shì improper / unsuitable / inappropriate
不正当 不正當 bù zhèng dàng dishonest / unfair / improper
用得着 用得著 yòng de zháo to be able to use / useable / to have a use for / (in a question) to be necessary to
潜规则 潛規則 qián guī zé unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors)
不伦 不倫 bù lún (of a relationship) improper (adulterous, incestuous, teacher-student etc) / unseemly
苟且 gǒu qiě perfunctory / careless / drifting along / resigned to one's fate / improper (relations) / illicit (sex) syn
偏锋 偏鋒 piān fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] and 側鋒|侧锋[ce4feng1]) / (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things
偏斜 piān xié crooked / not upright / diverging from straight line / improper / dishonest syn
物尽其用 物盡其用 wù jìn qí yòng to use sth to the full / to make the best use of everything syn
以夷制夷 yǐ yí zhì yí to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom) / let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
将 將 jiāng will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3]) syn
以 yǐ to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place) syn
动 動 dòng (of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter / abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb syn
使 shǐ to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger syn
活动 活動 huó dòng to exercise / to move about / to operate / to use connections (personal influence) / loose / shaky / active / movable / activity / campaign / maneuver / behavior / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] syn
反 fǎn contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system syn
掌握 zhǎng wò to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency syn
运 運 yùn to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate syn
借口 jiè kǒu to use as an excuse / excuse / pretext syn
用不着 用不著 yòng bu zháo not need / have no use for syn
着 著 zhé to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply syn
着 著 zhuó to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply syn
用品 yòng pǐn articles for use / products / goods syn
享用 xiǎng yòng to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of) syn
采用 採用 cǎi yòng to adopt / to employ / to use syn
用场 用場 yòng chǎng use / application syn
竭尽 竭盡 jié jìn to use up / to exhaust syn
节省 節省 jié shěng saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on syn
军用 軍用 jūn yòng (for) military use / military application
一次性 yī cì xìng one-off (offer) / one-time / single-use / disposable (goods)
消耗 xiāo hào to consume / to use up / to deplete / to expend / (old) news / mail / message syn
用途 yòng tú use / application syn
耗尽 耗盡 hào jìn to exhaust / to use up / to deplete / to drain
使唤 使喚 shǐ huàn to order sb about / to use sb syn
机动 機動 jī dòng locomotive / motorized / power-driven / adaptable / flexible (use, treatment, timing etc) syn
通行 tōng xíng to go through / to pass through / to be in general use syn
用尽 用盡 yòng jìn to exhaust / to use up completely syn
用作 yòng zuò to use for the purpose of / to serve as syn
好使 hǎo shǐ easy to use / to function well / so that / in order to
通用 tōng yòng to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
无济于事 無濟於事 wú jì yú shì (idiom) to no avail / of no use syn
磨损 磨損 mó sǔn to suffer wear and tear / to deteriorate through use / to wear out syn
挪用 nuó yòng to shift (funds) / to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another / to embezzle / to misappropriate syn
盗用 盜用 dào yòng to use illegitimately / to misappropriate / to embezzle
家用 jiā yòng home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money syn
轻巧 輕巧 qīng qiǎo dexterous / deft / easy / light and easy to use / nimble / agile / lithe / graceful syn
惯用 慣用 guàn yòng to use habitually / habitual / customary
民用 mín yòng (for) civilian use syn
比划 比劃 bǐ huà to gesture / to use sign language / to gesticulate / to engage in body combat or martial art / to come to blows syn
改用 gǎi yòng to change over to / to switch to / to use (sth different)
爱惜 愛惜 ài xī to cherish / to treasure / to use sparingly syn
实物 實物 shí wù material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics) syn
发扬 發揚 fā yáng to develop / to make full use of syn
走后门 走後門 zǒu hòu mén (lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings / to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex syn
不济 不濟 bù jì (coll.) no good / of no use syn
公用 gōng yòng public / for public use
动脑筋 動腦筋 dòng nǎo jīn to use one's brains / to think syn
药用 藥用 yào yòng medicinal use / pharmaceutical
御用 禦用 yù yòng for use by the emperor / imperial / (derog.) in the pay of the ruler
选用 選用 xuǎn yòng to choose for some purpose / to select and use syn
合用 hé yòng to share / to use in common / suitable / fit for purpose / useable syn
日用品 rì yòng pǐn articles for daily use / CL:件[jian4],個|个[ge4] syn
他用 tā yòng other use / other purpose
穷尽 窮盡 qióng jìn to use up / to exhaust / to probe to the bottom / limit / end syn
顶用 頂用 dǐng yòng to be of use syn
禁用 jìn yòng to prohibit the use of sth / to ban / (computing) to disable syn
白搭 bái dā no use / no good syn
有方 yǒu fāng to do things right / to use the correct method syn
动武 動武 dòng wǔ to use force / to come to blows syn
用药 用藥 yòng yào drug use syn
现身说法 現身說法 xiàn shēn shuō fǎ to talk from one's personal experience / to use oneself as an example syn
两用 兩用 liǎng yòng dual-use syn
沿用 yán yòng to continue to use (old methods) / to apply as before / according to usage syn
日用 rì yòng daily expenses / of everyday use syn
留用 liú yòng to keep for use / to retain sth / to keep sb in his job
左右开弓 左右開弓 zuǒ yòu kāi gōng lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom) / fig. to display ambidexterity / to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession / to use both feet equally (football) syn
解手 jiě shǒu to relieve oneself (i.e. use the toilet) / to solve syn
用水 yòng shuǐ water use
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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