"to use" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
用 yòng v. 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 v. to exploit / to make use of / to use / to take advantage of / to utilize syn
使用 shǐ yòng v. to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of syn
运用 運用 yùn yòng v. to use / to put to use syn
将 將 jiāng prep., adv. 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 prep., conj. to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place) syn
使 shǐ v. to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger syn
运 運 yùn v. to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate syn
采用 採用 cǎi yòng v. to adopt / to employ / to use syn
连用 連用 lián yòng to use (two words etc) together / to use (sth) continuously
着 著 zhuó to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply syn
改用 gǎi yòng to change over to / to switch to / to use (sth different)
套用 tào yòng to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc) syn
施用 shī yòng to implement / to use syn
使出 shǐ chū to use / to exert
庸 yōng ordinary / to use syn
使役 shǐ yì to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc) syn
妙用 miào yòng to use (sth) in an ingenious way / marvelously effective use
单用 單用 dān yòng to use (sth) on its own
凭靠 憑靠 píng kào to use / to rely on / by means of
移用 yí yòng to use (sth) for a purpose other than its original one / to adapt (tools, methods etc) for another purpose
Chinese Pinyin Translation
用于 用於 yòng yú v. to use in / to use on / to use for syn
借用 jiè yòng v. to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use syn
施展 shī zhǎn v. to use fully / to put to use syn
应用 應用 yìng yòng v., adj. to put to use / to apply / practical / applied (science, linguistics etc) / application / practical use / (computing) app syn
共用 gòng yòng to share the use of / to have joint use of / communal (bathroom) / shared (antenna) / to use, in total, ... 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
用字 yòng zì to use letters / to use words / diction
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
假托 假託 jiǎ tuō to pretend / to use a pretext / to make sth up / to pass oneself off as sb else / to make use of 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)
动 動 dòng v. (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
活动 活動 huó dòng v., n. 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 adj., v., adv. 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 v. 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
借口 jiè kǒu n. 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
用品 yòng pǐn n. articles for use / products / goods syn
享用 xiǎng yòng v. to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of) 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 v. 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 adj. one-off (offer) / one-time / single-use / disposable (goods)
消耗 xiāo hào v. to consume / to use up / to deplete / to expend / (old) news / mail / message syn
用途 yòng tú n. 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 adj. locomotive / motorized / power-driven / adaptable / flexible (use, treatment, timing etc) syn
通行 tōng xíng v. 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 v. 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 v. 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 n., adj. 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 adj. (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
爱惜 愛惜 ài xī v. to cherish / to treasure / to use sparingly syn
实物 實物 shí wù n. material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics) syn
发扬 發揚 fā yáng v. 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 v. 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 v. 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 n. 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 v. 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
善用 shàn yòng to be good at using (sth) / to put (sth) to good use syn
狐假虎威 hú jiǎ hǔ wēi lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom) / fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people syn
酌情 zhuó qíng v. to use discretion / to take circumstances into account / to make allowances pertinent to a situation syn
使用量 shǐ yòng liàng volume of use / usage amount
利诱 利誘 lì yòu to use gain as a lure syn
暴殄天物 bào tiǎn tiān wù to waste natural resources recklessly / not to know how to use things sparingly syn
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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