"To apply" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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使 shǐ yòng to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of
 yìng yòng to put to use / to apply / practical / applied (science, linguistics etc) / application / practical use / (computing) app
 bào míng to sign up / to enter one's name / to apply / to register / to enroll / to enlist
 tú mǒ to paint / to smear / to apply (makeup etc) / to doodle / to erase / to obliterate
 yǔ yǐ to give / to impose / to apply
 jiā yǐ in addition / moreover / (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
 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)
 yìng zhēng to apply (for a job) / to reply to a job advertisement
 shēn lǐng to apply (for license, visa etc)
 huó yòng to apply (knowledge etc) creatively and flexibly / to use a word flexibly (e.g. a noun as an adjective)
 zhuó to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply
 jiā to add / plus / (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 / etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
 yùn to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate
 tóu kǎo to sign up for an examination / to apply for admission (to a university etc) / to apply (for a position)
 shī (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc) / to distribute (alms etc) / to apply (fertilizer etc)
 fù (bound form) instructor / (literary) to instruct / to attach / to apply (makeup etc)
 gào to moisten / to grease / to apply (cream, ointment) / to dip a brush in ink
 fū to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough
 chá to apply (ointment, powder) / to smear / to paint on
 ǎn to apply (medicinal powder to a wound) / to cover up / to conceal
 tú fū to smear / to daub / to plaster / to apply (ointment)
 shī yǐ to inflict (punishment) / to provide (training etc) / to apply (pressure etc)
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