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用来

yòng lái

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 用來

用来 (yòng lái) means "to be used for". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 用来 means

1. to be used for

The characters in 用来

• 用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need…
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…

Example sentences

• 用来发送出烟雾山。
  Yònglái fāsòng chū yānwù shān.
  The mountain used to send out clouds of smoke.

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