用
Meaning
- to use; to make use of; to employ
- (coverb) with; using
- to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
Example sentence
用英语说。
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The character 用
用 is to use, and it doubles as the preposition with: 用筷子吃, to eat with chopsticks. 不用 is no need, the everyday polite refusal; 有用 useful, 作用 an effect, 使用 the formal verb.
Words containing 用
- 不用 bù yòng need not
- 有用 yǒu yòng useful
- 常用 cháng yòng in common usage
- 使用 shǐ yòng to use
- 信用卡 xìn yòng kǎ credit card
- 作用 zuò yòng to act on; to affect
- 采用 cǎi yòng to adopt
- 费用 fèi yòng cost
- 利用 lì yòng to exploit
- 没用 méi yòng useless
- 适用 shì yòng to be applicable
- 应用 yìng yòng to put to use; to apply
- 实用 shí yòng to apply in practice