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适用

shì yòng

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 適用

适用 (shì yòng) means "to be applicable". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 适用 means

1. to be applicable

The characters in 适用

• 适shìto fit; suitable; proper
• 用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need…

Example sentences

• 此法适用于所有情况。
  This law is applicable to all cases.
• 这条规则只适用于外国人。
  Zhè tiáoguī zé zhǐ shìyòng yú wàiguórén.
  This rule is applied to foreigners only.
• 这把剪刀左右撇子都适用。
  Zhè bǎ jiǎndāo zuǒyòu piē zǐ dōu shìyòng.
  These scissors are suitable for left and right-handed people.
• 此输入法也适用于这个版本。
  The input method also works with this version.
• 这条规则不是什么时候都适用的。
  Zhè tiáo guīzé bù shì shénme shíhou dōu shìyòng de.
  This rule doesn't apply to every case.
• 这条规则不是甚么时候都适用的。
  This rule doesn't apply to every case.

Sounds the same

Read shì yòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 试用to try sth out; to be on probation

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shì yòng correctly.
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