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管用

guǎn yòng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

管用 (guǎn yòng) means "efficacious; useful". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 管用 means

1. efficacious
2. useful

The characters in 管用

• 管guǎnto take care (of); to control; to manage
• 用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need…

Example sentences

• 那药不会管用。
  Nà yào bù huì guǎnyòng.
  That medicine isn't going to help.

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