"usefulness" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Part of speech Translation Actions
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
用处 用處 yòng chu n. usefulness / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
效用 xiào yòng usefulness / effectiveness / (economics) utility syn
Chinese Pinyin Part of speech Translation Actions
虚舟飘瓦 xū zhōu piāo wǎ (idiom) Describes something with no practical value or real usefulness.
化腐为奇 huà fǔ wéi qí (idiom) To turn something bad into something good, rigidity into flexibility, or uselessness into usefulness.
弃之可惜,食之无味 棄之可惜,食之無味 qì zhī kě xī,shí zhī wú wèi (idiom) Describes something that seems a pity to discard but offers little value or usefulness. It leaves one caught between keeping it and getting rid of it.
有要没紧 有要沒緊 yǒu yào méi jǐn (idiom) Unimportant or insignificant. It describes an action that has no real meaning or usefulness.
锥刀之用 錐刀之用 zhuī dāo zhī yòng (idiom) A small usefulness or minor contribution.
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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