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使用

shǐ yòng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

使用 (shǐ yòng) means "to use/employ". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 使用 means

1. to use
2. to employ
3. to apply
4. to make use of

The characters in 使用

• 使shǐto make; to cause; to enable
• 用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need…

Example sentences

• 我使用这个。
  I use this.
• 我使用火狐。
  I use Firefox.
• 我如何使用餐券？
  How do I use meal tickets?
• 使用它或失去它。
  Use it or lose it.
• 你可以使用这辆车。
  You can use this car.
• 会议室正在使用中。
  The meeting room is in use now.

Words starting with 使用

• 使用者shǐ yòng zhě(Taiwan) user
• 使用权shǐ yòng quánusage rights
• 使用价值shǐ yòng jià zhíusable value
• 使用量shǐ yòng liàngvolume of use; usage amount
• 使用条款shǐ yòng tiáo kuǎnterms of use

Words containing 使用

• 不首先使用bù shǒu xiān shǐ yòngno first use (policy for nuclear weapons); NFU
• 循环使用xún huán shǐ yòngrecycle; to use in cyclic order

Where 使用 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Mental & cognitive actions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shǐ yòng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.