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利用

lì yòng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

利用 (lì yòng) means "to make use of". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 利用 means

1. to exploit
2. to make use of
3. to use
4. to take advantage of
5. to utilize

The characters in 利用

• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage
• 用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need…

Example sentences

• 我不想被利用。
  I don't want to be used.
• 汤姆在利用你。
  Tom is taking advantage of you.
• 她利用了我的无知。
  Tā lìyòng le wǒ de wúzhī.
  She took advantage of my ignorance.
• 来好好利用大周末吧。
  Let's take advantage of the long weekend.
• 他充分利用他的机会。
  He makes the most of his opportunities.
• 她常常利用他的无知。
  She often takes advantage of his ignorance.

Words containing 利用

• 土地利用规划tǔ dì lì yòng guī huàland use plan (official P.R.C. government term)

Where 利用 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Responsibility, Response & Control (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lì yòng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.