Dictionary › 用
用
yòng
What 用 means
- 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 formexpense; outlay
- (courteous) to eat; to drink
- literaryhence; therefore
Example sentences
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请用座。Please sit.
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没用的！That won't work!
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不用谢。Not at all!
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请享用！Enjoy!
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请慢用！Bon appétit!
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有用吗？Did it help?
Words starting with 用
- 用户yòng hùuser; consumer; subscriber
- 用途yòng túuse; application
- 用功yòng gōngdiligent; industrious (in one's studies); to study hard
- 用来yòng láito be used for
- 用于yòng yúto use in; to use on; to use for
- 用品yòng pǐnarticles for use; products; goods
- 用力yòng lìto exert oneself physically
- 用心yòng xīnmotive; intention; to be diligent or attentive
- 用不着yòng bu zháonot need; have no use for
- 用法yòng fǎusage
- 用人yòng rénservant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people
- 用语yòng yǔchoice of words; wording; phraseology
- 用餐yòng cānto eat a meal
- 用处yòng chuusefulness
- 用以yòng yǐin order to; so as to
- 用完yòng wánused up; finished
- 用意yòng yìintention; purpose
- 用尽yòng jìnto exhaust; to use up completely
- 用具yòng jùappliance; utensil; gear
- 用作yòng zuòto use for the purpose of; to serve as
- 用钱yòng qiánto spend money
- 用词yòng cíusage (of a term); wording; phrasing
- 用场yòng chǎnguse; application
- 用得着yòng de zháoto be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to
Words containing 用
- 使用shǐ yòngto use; to employ; to apply
- 不用bù yòngneed not
- 作用zuò yòngto act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect
- 引用yǐn yòngto quote; to cite; to recommend; to appoint; (computing) reference
- 利用lì yòngto exploit; to make use of; to use
- 信用卡xìn yòng kǎcredit card
- 费用fèi yòngcost; expenditure; expense
- 应用yìng yòngto put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application…
- 运用yùn yòngto use; to put to use
- 实用shí yòngto apply in practice; practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science)
- 日用品rì yòng pǐnarticles for daily use
- 通用tōng yòngto use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc); to be used by everyone…
- 采用cǎi yòngto adopt; to employ; to use
- 副作用fù zuò yòngside effect
- 民用mín yòng(for) civilian use
- 耐用nài yòngdurable
- 适用shì yòngto be applicable
- 常用cháng yòngin common usage
- 有用yǒu yònguseful
- 没用méi yònguseless
- 专用zhuān yòngspecial; dedicated
- 信用xìn yòngtrustworthiness; (commerce) credit; (literary) to trust and appoint
- 食用shí yòngto eat; to consume; edible
- 选用xuǎn yòngto choose for some purpose; to select and use
Characters that look like 用
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 月yuèmoon; month; monthly
- 同tónglike; same; similar
- 因yīncause; reason; because
- 写xiěto write
- 历lìcalendar
- 厉lìstrict; severe
Sounds the same
Read yòng, tone for tone, but written differently.
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