采用 cǎiyòng to adopt
to adopt; to employ; to use
How to remember 采用: 采 pick + 用 to use (Kangxi radical 101) = to adopt.
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How it is used
- To adopt and use a method, material, design, or technology - 采用新技术 (cǎiyòng xīn jìshù) adopt new technology; 采用这个方案 (cǎiyòng zhège fāng'àn) go with this plan.
- Contrast 采取 (take measures/action, more abstract). 采用 puts something concrete into actual use.
Example sentences
- 我认为采用他的计划对我们比较好。 Wǒ rènwéi cǎiyòng tā de jìhuà duì wǒmen bǐjiào hǎo.I think it's better for us to adopt his plan.