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用

yòng

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character

用 (yòng) means "to use". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 用 means

  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. bound formexpense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. literaryhence; therefore

Example sentences

Words starting with 用

Words containing 用

Characters that look like 用

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

Sounds the same

Read yòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

Where 用 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Daily Actions & Household Chores (HSK 3), HSK 3 Characters · Set 2 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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