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用 yòng to use / to make use of / to employ / (coverb) with / using / to need / to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness / utility / (bound form) expense / outlay / (courteous) to eat / to drink / (literary) hence / therefore
Results beginning with 用
用户 yòng hù user / consumer / subscriber / customer
用于 yòng yú to use in / to use on / to use for
用品 yòng pǐn articles for use / products / goods
用来 yòng lái to be used for
用途 yòng tú use / application
用力 yòng lì to exert oneself physically
用心 yòng xīn motive / intention / to be diligent or attentive / careful
用人 yòng rén servant / to employ sb for a job / to manage people / to be in need of staff
用药 yòng yào drug use
用法 yòng fǎ usage
用水 yòng shuǐ water use
用量 yòng liàng quantity used / usage / consumption / dose
用以 yòng yǐ in order to / so as to
用作 yòng zuò to use for the purpose of / to serve as
用语 yòng yǔ choice of words / wording / phraseology / term
用尽 yòng jìn to exhaust / to use up completely
用餐 yòng cān to eat a meal
用处 yòng chu usefulness / CL:個|个[ge4]
用具 yòng jù appliance / utensil / gear / equipment
用意 yòng yì intention / purpose
用完 yòng wán used up / finished
用料 yòng liào ingredients / material
用功 yòng gōng diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort
用场 yòng chǎng use / application
用钱 yòng qian variant of 佣錢|佣钱[yong4qian5]
用词 yòng cí usage (of a term) / wording / phrasing
用光 yòng guāng out of (supply) / spent / exhausted (used up) / depleted
用字 yòng zì to use letters / to use words / diction
用膳 yòng shàn to dine
用饭 yòng fàn to eat / to have a meal
用典 yòng diǎn to use literary quotations / to use phrases taken from the classics
用度 yòng dù expense
用工 yòng gōng to employ workers
用坏 yòng huài to wear out (tools)
用计 yòng jì to employ a stratagem
用家 yòng jiā (HK) user
用间 yòng jiàn using spies
用命 yòng mìng to follow orders / to abide by / to obey
用脑 yòng nǎo to undertake mental work
用钱 yòng qián to spend money
用项 yòng xiàng items of expenditure / expenditures
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用户名 yòng hù míng username / user ID
用不着 yòng bu zháo not need / have no use for
用得着 yòng de zháo to be able to use / useable / to have a use for / (in a question) to be necessary to
用话说  use your words
用不了 yòng bu liǎo to not use all of / to use less than
用得上 yòng de shàng needed / to come in useful
用户线 yòng hù xiàn subscriber line
用油炸 yòng yóu zhá fry
用户界面 yòng hù jiè miàn user interface
用兵如神 yòng bīng rú shén to lead military operations with extraordinary skill
用尽心机 yòng jìn xīn jī to tax one's ingenuity
用心良苦 yòng xīn liáng kǔ to ponder earnestly / to give a lot of thought to sth
用水效率  water efficiency
用水计划  water utilization scheme
用餐时间 yòng cān shí jiān meal times
用得其所 yòng de qí suǒ used properly / used for its intended purpose / to put to good use / to serve its purpose
用户定义 yòng hù dìng yì user-defined
用户福利 yòng hù fú lì user benefits
用户数据 yòng hù shù jù user data
用户体验 yòng hù tǐ yàn user experience
用户组织 yòng hù zǔ zhī user-based organization
用来配种 yòng lái pèi zhǒng to put out to stud
用人经费 yòng rén jīng fèi personnel expenditure (accountancy)
用武之地 yòng wǔ zhī dì ample scope for abilities / favorable position for the use of one's skills (idiom)
用药过度 yòng yào guò duó drug overselling
用于修饰 yòng yú xiū shì to use in respect to / to pertain to
用作配种 yòng zuò pèi zhǒng to put out to stud
用仪器监测  instrumental monitoring
用品和材料  supplies and materials
用水者协会  water user association
用户资源科  Client Resources Section
用户端设备 yòng hù duān shè bèi customer premise equipment / CPE
用户服务科 yòng hù fù wù kē User Services Section
用乱石砸死 yòng luàn shí zá sǐ stoning
用过的饮料罐  used beverage can
用户偿付原则  user-pays-principle
用户创造内容 yòng hù chuàng zào nèi róng user-generated content (of a website)
用户咨询小组 yòng hù zī xún xiǎo zǔ Users Advisory Group
用品仓库主管 yòng pǐn cāng kù zhǔ guǎn Supplies Stores Supervisor
用清管器清理 yòng qīng guǎn qì qīng lǐ pigging
用氰化物捕鱼 yòng qíng huà wù bǔ yú cyanide fishing
用身体运毒者 yòng shēn tǐ yùn dú zhě body-packer
用于维持生计 yòng yú wéi chí shēng jì subsistence use
用户创办的网站  user-generated site / user-generated website
用仪器观测记录  instrumental
用无杆钩丝钓鱼  handlining
用户到网络接口 yòng hù dào wǎng luò jiē kǒu user-network interface / UNI
用户到网络的接口 yòng hù dào wǎng luò de jiē kǒu User-Network Interface / UNI
用户信息控制系统 yòng hù xìn xī kòng zhì xì tǒng Customer Information Control System
用户指南和参考手册  User's Guide and Reference Manual
用后弃置的医疗用品  medical disposables
用于环境的新储备账户  new reserve account for the environment
用非司法程序解决冲突  non-judicial conflict resolution procedures
用优先购买权所购物品 yòng yōu xiān gòu mǎi quán suǒ gòu wù pǐn preemption
用于支付当地费用的捐款  contribution towards local costs
用于教育的大众媒体和视听系统  educational mass media and audio-visual systems
用于决策的可持续发展指标讲习班  Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable Development for Decision-Making
用微电脑检索小地区人口普查数据系统  System for the Retrieval of Census Data for Small Areas by Microcomputer
用于黎巴嫩重建和发展的秘书长信托基金  Secretary-General's Trust Fund for the Reconstruction and Development of Lebanon
Approximate Results for 用
使用 shǐ yòng to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of
应用 yìng yòng to put to use / to apply / practical / applied (science, linguistics etc) / application / practical use / (computing) app
利用 lì yòng to exploit / to make use of / to use / to take advantage of / to utilize
作用 zuò yòng to act on / to affect / action / function / activity / impact / result / effect / purpose / intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition
采用 cǎi yòng to adopt / to employ / to use
引用 yǐn yòng to quote / to cite / to recommend / to appoint / (computing) reference
不用 bù yòng need not
费用 fèi yòng cost / expenditure / expense / CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]
专用 zhuān yòng special / dedicated
实用 shí yòng to apply in practice / practical / functional / pragmatic / applied (science)
运用 yùn yòng to use / to put to use
适用 shì yòng to be applicable
通用 tōng yòng to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
常用 cháng yòng in common usage
可用 kě yòng serviceable
信用 xìn yòng trustworthiness / (commerce) credit / (literary) to trust and appoint
试用 shì yòng to try sth out / to be on probation
有用 yǒu yòng useful
调用 diào yòng to transfer (for a specific purpose) / to allocate / (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
选用 xuǎn yòng to choose for some purpose / to select and use
家用 jiā yòng home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money
食用 shí yòng to eat / to consume / edible
占用 zhàn yòng to occupy
服用 fú yòng to take (medicine)
启用 qǐ yòng to start using / (computing) to enable (a feature)
没用 méi yòng useless
他用 tā yòng other use / other purpose
好用 hǎo yòng useful / serviceable / effective / handy / easy to use
公用 gōng yòng public / for public use
租用 zū yòng to lease / to hire / to rent (sth from sb)
民用 mín yòng (for) civilian use
录用 lù yòng to hire (an employee) / to accept (a manuscript) for publication
备用 bèi yòng reserve / spare / alternate / backup
禁用 jìn yòng to prohibit the use of sth / to ban / (computing) to disable
日用 rì yòng daily expenses / of everyday use
无用 wú yòng useless / worthless
饮用 yǐn yòng drink / drinking or drinkable (water)
多用 duō yòng multipurpose / having several uses
享用 xiǎng yòng to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of)
借用 jiè yòng to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use
滥用 làn yòng to misuse / to abuse
耐用 nài yòng durable
军用 jūn yòng (for) military use / military application
聘用 pìn yòng to employ / to hire
共用 gòng yòng to share the use of / to have joint use of / communal (bathroom) / shared (antenna) / to use, in total, ...
挪用 nuó yòng to shift (funds) / to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another / to embezzle / to misappropriate
改用 gǎi yòng to change over to / to switch to / to use (sth different)
两用 liǎng yòng dual-use
重用 zhòng yòng to put in an important position
药用 yào yòng medicinal use / pharmaceutical
沿用 yán yòng to continue to use (old methods) / to apply as before / according to usage
效用 xiào yòng usefulness / effectiveness / (economics) utility
任用 rèn yòng to appoint / to assign
雇用 gù yòng to employ / to hire
征用 zhēng yòng to expropriate / to commandeer
功用 gōng yòng function
善用 shàn yòng to be good at using (sth) / to put (sth) to good use
套用 tào yòng to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc)
管用 guǎn yòng efficacious / useful
起用 qǐ yòng to promote / to reinstate (in a position or job)
受用 shòu yong comfortable / feeling well
受用 shòu yòng to enjoy / to reap the benefits (of sth)
盗用 dào yòng to use illegitimately / to misappropriate / to embezzle
外用 wài yòng external
施用 shī yòng to implement / to use
惯用 guàn yòng to use habitually / habitual / customary
停用 tíng yòng to stop using / to suspend / to discontinue / to disable
御用 yù yòng for use by the emperor / imperial / (derog.) in the pay of the ruler
合用 hé yòng to share / to use in common / suitable / fit for purpose / useable
活用 huó yòng to apply (knowledge etc) creatively and flexibly / to use a word flexibly (e.g. a noun as an adjective)
复用 fù yòng to reuse
急用 jí yòng to need sth urgently / urgently required
连用 lián yòng to use (two words etc) together / to use (sth) continuously
取用 qǔ yòng to access / to make use of
冒用 mào yòng to falsely use (sb's identity etc)
大用 dà yòng to put sb in powerful position / to empower
转用 zhuǎn yòng to adapt for use for another purpose
留用 liú yòng to keep for use / to retain sth / to keep sb in his job
误用 wù yòng to misuse
吴用 Wú Yòng Wu Yong, character of 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], nicknamed Resourceful Star 智多星[Zhi4 duo1 xing1]
顶用 dǐng yòng to be of use
零用 líng yòng incidental expenses / sundries / pocket money
援用 yuán yòng to quote / to cite
搬用 bān yòng to apply mechanically / to copy and use
拨用 bō yòng appropriation
拆用 chāi yòng to tear down and reuse / to cannibalize
持用 chí yòng to have in one's possession and use when required
错用 cuò yòng to misuse / to misapply
单用 dān yòng to use (sth) on its own
抵用 dǐ yòng to exchange for (sth of equal value or utility) / to use in lieu / to redeem (a coupon etc) / to use to offset (an amount owed etc)
动用 dòng yòng to utilize / to put sth to use
够用 gòu yòng adequate / sufficient / enough
花用 huā yòng to spend (money)
化用 huà yòng to adapt (an idea etc)
俭用 jiǎn yòng to economize / to be frugal
禁用 jīn yòng to withstand heavy use / durable
举用 jǔ yòng to select the best (for a job)
另用 lìng yòng diversion
慢用 màn yòng same as 慢慢吃[man4 man4 chi1]
妙用 miào yòng to use (sth) in an ingenious way / marvelously effective use
内用 nèi yòng to eat in (at a restaurant) (Tw) / to take the medicine orally
配用 pèi yòng to provide / installed
弃用 qì yòng to stop using / to abandon / abandoned / deprecated
商用 shāng yòng (attributive) commercial
手用 shǒu yòng hand-used / hand (tool)
习用 xí yòng to use habitually / usual / conventional
移用 yí yòng to use (sth) for a purpose other than its original one / to adapt (tools, methods etc) for another purpose
正用 zhèng yòng correct usage
甄用 zhēn yòng to employ by examination
中用 zhōng yòng useful / helpful / Taiwan pr. [zhong4 yong4]
资用 zī yòng (physics) available
自用 zì yòng to have (sth) for one's own use / (literary) to be opinionated
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使用者 shǐ yòng zhě (Tw) user
信用卡 xìn yòng kǎ credit card
使用权 shǐ yòng quán usage rights
副作用 fù zuò yòng side effect
饮用水 yǐn yòng shuǐ drinking water / potable water
多用户 duō yòng hù multiuser
利用率 lì yòng lu:4 rate of utilization
信用社 xìn yòng shè credit union
日用品 rì yòng pǐn articles for daily use / CL:件[jian4],個|个[ge4]
起作用 qǐ zuò yòng to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function
不适用 bù shì yòng not applicable / NA
试用期 shì yòng qī trial period / probationary period
信用证 xìn yòng zhèng letter of credit
使用率  usage factor
再利用 zài lì yòng to reuse
使用费 shǐ yòng fèi user's fees
多用途 duō yòng tú multipurpose
万用表 wàn yòng biǎo multimeter
守信用 shǒu xìn yòng to keep one's word / trustworthy
乘用车 chéng yòng chē passenger vehicle
使用量 shǐ yòng liàng volume of use / usage amount
易用性 yì yòng xìng ease of use / usability
通用性 tōng yòng xìng universality
不中用 bù zhōng yòng unfit for anything / no good / useless / (of a sick person) beyond hope
不中用 bù zhòng yòng unfit for anything / no good / useless / (of a sick person) beyond hope
应用文 yìng yòng wén applied writing / writing for practical purposes (business letters, advertising etc)
零用钱 líng yòng qián pocket money / allowance / spending money
应用层 yìng yòng céng application layer (computing)
作用力 zuò yòng lì (physics) action force
反作用 fǎn zuò yòng opposite reaction
代用品 dài yòng pǐn alternative product / substitute product
常用字 cháng yòng zì everyday words
耐用品 nài yòng pǐn durable goods
惯用语 guàn yòng yǔ commonly used phrase / idiom / colloquial usage
转用率  diversion rate
可用的  expendable
通用线  all-purpose single boundary / all-purpose line
仍适用  still in line
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