用 yòng to use (Kangxi radical 101)

源How it came to be

A pail with a handle over it and bands round the body, seen from the side. Some read it as a tablet for telling fortunes. Either way, a thing kept to be used.

用用法

• "To use" - 用筷子 (yòng kuàizi) use chopsticks; also introduces the instrument: 用中文说 (yòng Zhōngwén shuō) say it in Chinese.
• 不用 (búyòng) = "no need to", the standard way to wave off thanks or an offer: 不用谢 (búyòng xiè) don't mention it, 不用了 (búyòng le) no thanks.
• 有用 (yǒuyòng) useful, 使用 (shǐyòng) to use (more formal), 用来 (yònglái) used for (doing): 这个用来切菜 (zhège yònglái qiē cài) this is for chopping vegetables.

字含“用”的汉字

• 拥 to have
• 佣 to hire

词含“用”的词语

• 信用卡xìnyòngkǎcredit cardHSK 3
• 不用búyòngneed notHSK 3
• 常用chángyòngin common usageHSK 3
• 有用yǒuyòngusefulHSK 3
• 使用shǐyòngto useHSK 4
• 作用zuòyòngactionHSK 4
• 用于yòngyúto use inHSK 4
• 用来yòngláito be used forHSK 4
• 费用fèiyongcostHSK 4
• 信用xìnyòngtrustworthinessHSK 5
• 利用lìyòngto exploitHSK 5
• 实用shíyòngto apply in practiceHSK 5
• 应用yìngyòngto put to useHSK 5
• 日用品rìyòngpǐnarticles for daily useHSK 5
• 用力yònglìto exert oneself physicallyHSK 5
• 用品yòngpǐnarticles for useHSK 5
• 用户yònghùuserHSK 5
• 用法yòngfǎusageHSK 5
• 用途yòngtúuseHSK 5
• 试用shìyòngto try something outHSK 5
• 运用yùnyòngto useHSK 5
• 适用shìyòngto be applicableHSK 5
• 采用cǎiyòngto adoptHSK 5
• 食用shíyòngto eatHSK 5
• 专用zhuānyòngspecialHSK 6
• 备用bèiyòngreserveHSK 6
• 录用lùyòngto hire (an employee)HSK 6
• 服用fúyòngto take (medicine)HSK 6
• 用人yòngrénservantHSK 6
• 用功yònggōngdiligentHSK 6
• 用处yòngchùusefulnessHSK 6
• 用心yòngxīnmotiveHSK 6
• 用餐yòngcānto eat a mealHSK 6
• 通用tōngyòngto use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc)HSK 6
• 饮用水yǐnyòngshuǐdrinking waterHSK 6
• 借用jièyòngto borrow something for another useHSK 7
• 公用gōngyòngpublicHSK 7
• 动用dòngyòngto utilizeHSK 7
• 占用zhànyòngto occupyHSK 7
• 商用shāngyòngcommercialHSK 7

句例句

• 这次赛跑他用了13秒。 Zhè cì sàipǎo tā yòngle shísān miǎo.He took thirteen seconds to complete the race.
• 你用什么方法减肥？ Nǐ yòng shénme fāngfǎ jiǎnféi?What method are you using to lose weight?
• 她用筷子吃寿司。 Tā yòng kuàizi chī shòusī.She's eating her sushi with chopsticks.
• 妈妈用毛巾把婴儿裹起来。 Māma yòng máojīn bǎ yīng'ér guǒ qǐlái.The mother wraps the baby in the towel.