使用 shǐyòng to use
to use; employ; apply; administer; manipulate
How to remember 使用: 使 use + 用 to use (Kangxi radical 101) = to use.
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How it is used
- To use/employ, formal register - 使用工具 (shǐyòng gōngjù) use a tool; 使用方法 (shǐyòng fāngfǎ) instructions for use.
- Contrast the everyday 用 (yòng, to use): 使用 is the written/technical equivalent, common in manuals, rules, and reports. In speech 用 is more natural.
- Often with objects like devices, methods, funds, or rights.
Example sentences
- 我使用这个。 Wǒ shǐyòng zhège.I use this.
- 使用它或失去它。 Shǐyòng tā huò shīqù tā.Use it or lose it.
- 她能使用这台打印机。 Tā néng shǐyòng zhè tái dǎyìnjī.She can use this printer.