"Using" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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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
就着 jiù zhe (eat sth) with (sth else) / taking advantage of / using
启用 qǐ yòng to start using / (computing) to enable (a feature)
起重 qǐ zhòng to lift (sth heavy) using a crane or other mechanical means
善用 shàn yòng to be good at using (sth) / to put (sth) to good use
借此 jiè cǐ using this as a pretext / thereby
策马 cè mǎ to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs
停用 tíng yòng to stop using / to suspend / to discontinue / to disable
奋勇 fèn yǒng dauntless / to summon up courage and determination / using extreme force of will
和 hè to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence / to join in the singing / to chime in with others
注音 zhù yīn to indicate the pronunciation of Chinese characters using Pinyin or Bopomofo etc / phonetic notation / (specifically) Bopomofo (abbr. for 注音符號|注音符号[zhu4 yin1 fu2 hao4])
大小便 dà xiǎo biàn using the toilet / urination and defecation
代步 dài bù to get around using a conveyance (car, bicycle, sedan chair etc) / to ride (or drive) / means of transportation
硫化 liú huà vulcanization (curing rubber using sulfur and heat)
目视 mù shì to look at / to visually observe (i.e. not using instruments or sensors)
凉拌 liáng bàn to dress cold food with sauce / (slang) there's not much you can do about it (wordplay using 拌[ban4] instead of its homophone 辦|办[ban4])
走弯路 zǒu wān lù to take an indirect route / to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method
爆炒 bào chǎo to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame / to conduct a media blitz / to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling
借刀杀人 jiè dāo shā rén to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
电传 diàn chuán to send information using electronic means (such as fax, telegram, telex etc) / a message transmitted using electronic means / telex / teleprinter
红客 hóng kè "honker", Chinese hacker motivated by patriotism, using one's skills to protect domestic networks and work in national interest
蜡染 là rǎn batik (color printing on cloth using wax)
过路费 guò lù fèi toll (fee for using a road)
鼓风 gǔ fēng a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal) / blast (in blast furnace) / bellows / to draw air using bellows
就地取材 jiù dì qǔ cái to draw on local resources / using materials at hand
按图索骥 àn tú suǒ jì lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom) / fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines / to try and find sth with the help of a clue
珠算 zhū suàn calculation using abacus
大材小用 dà cái xiǎo yòng using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom) / a sledgehammer to crack a nut
卜卦 bǔ guà to divine using the eight trigrams
近水楼台 jìn shuǐ lóu tái lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom) / fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
以少胜多 yǐ shǎo shèng duō using the few to defeat the many (idiom) / to win from a position of weakness
套印 tào yìn color printing using several overlaid images
套色 tào shǎi color printing using several overlaid images
草船借箭 cǎo chuán jiè jiàn lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) / fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
回采 huí cǎi stoping (excavating ore using stepped terraces) / to extract ore / extraction / to pull back
强辩 qiǎng biàn to try to make one's case using false arguments
针砭 zhēn biān to critique / to voice concerns about / ancient form of acupuncture using sharp stones as needles
球台 qiú tái table (for games using balls)
借花献佛 jiè huā xiàn Fó lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom) / fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property / plagiarism
毽子 jiàn zi a kind of shuttlecock used to play games in which it is kept in the air without using the hands, primarily by kicking / game played with such a shuttlecock
画饼充饥 huà bǐng chōng jī lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake / to feed on illusions (idiom)
电刑 diàn xíng to torture sb using electricity / electrocution (capital punishment)
照猫画虎 zhào māo huà hǔ lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom) / fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject / uninspired imitation
车裂 chē liè to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment)
酥油花 sū yóu huā butter sculpture (Tibetan art form using paint derived from milk products)
反切 fǎn qiè traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone
胸推 xiōng tuī massage using one's breasts
捋 lu:3 to smooth or arrange sth using one's fingers / to stroke
铡 zhá lever-style guillotine / to chop using this type of guillotine
砻 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool
煺 tuì to pluck poultry or depilate pigs using hot water
黻 fú (archaic) embroidery using black and blue thread
彖 tuàn to foretell the future using the trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经
镩 cuān ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip / to break a hole in ice (for ice fishing etc) using an ice spud
先礼后兵 xiān lǐ hòu bīng lit. peaceful measures before using force (idiom) / fig. diplomacy before violence / jaw-jaw is better than war-war
英雄无用武之地 yīng xióng wú yòng wǔ zhī dì a hero with no chance of using his might / to have no opportunity to display one's talents
做好做歹 zuò hǎo zuò dǎi to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom) / to act good cop and bad cop in turn
杯酒释兵权 bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups / cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 / holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces
竹篮打水 zhú lán dǎ shuǐ using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom) / wasted effort
茶水 chá shuǐ tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves
强买强卖 qiǎng mǎi qiǎng mài to force sb to buy or sell / to trade using coercion
步韵 bù yùn to write a poem using another poem's rhymes
以子之矛，攻子之盾 yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子) / turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard
以弱胜强 yǐ ruò shèng qiáng using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom) / to win from a position of weakness
兼施 jiān shī using several (methods)
切音 qiè yīn to indicate the phonetic value of a word using other words
参校 cān jiào to proofread / to revise one or more editions of a text using an authoritative edition as a source book / to editorially revise a text
垫补 diàn bu (coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money / (coll.) to snack
峰火台 fēng huǒ tái fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)
打卦 dǎ guà to tell sb's fortune using divinatory trigrams
弃用 qì yòng to stop using / to abandon / abandoned / deprecated
杠头 gàng tóu (old) chief coffin bearer / (fig.) argumentative person / a kind of bread made with a dough flattened using a rolling pin 槓子|杠子[gang4 zi5]
椮 sēn lush growth (trees) / fishing using bundled wood (archaic)
氧割 yǎng gē to cut using oxyacetylene torch
洋腔洋调 yáng qiāng yáng diào to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
烽燧 fēng suì fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)
焗油 jú yóu to condition or dye the hair using hair treatment product in conjunction with a hair steamer
用间 yòng jiàn using spies
画法几何 huà fǎ jǐ hé descriptive geometry (three-dimensional geometry using projections and elevations)
竹篮打水，一场空 zhú lán dǎ shuǐ , yī cháng kōng using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom) / wasted effort
记作 jì zuò (math.) to be written using the following notation / (accounting) to be recorded as (income, an expense etc)
超声诊断 chāo shēng zhěn duàn ultrasonic diagnosis / diagnosis using ultrasonic scan
通假 tōng jiǎ phonetic loan character / using one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters
通假字 tōng jiǎ zì phonetic loan character / using one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters
释名 Shì míng "Shiming", late Han dictionary, containing 1502 entries, using puns on the pronunciation of headwords to explain their meaning
阶级成分 jiē jí chéng fèn social composition / social status (in Marxist theory, esp. using during the Cultural Revolution)
训读 xùn dú a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子[tou2 zi5] may be pronounced as its synonym 色子[shai3 zi5], and in Wu dialects, 二 / is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 / "liahn") / to pronounce a word using such a reading / (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀|音读[yin1 du2]. For example, 山 / has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)
葡萄牙语为官方语言的非洲国家  African countries using Portuguese as an official language
以法语为共同语言的国家  countries using French as a common language
非洲利用成象卫星进行实时环境监测  Africa Real Time Environmental Monitoring using Imaging Satellites
使用法文为工作语文的各代表团  Group of Delegations using French as a Working Language
使用碎片碰撞理论评估法  Assessment Using Debris Impact Theory
工尺谱 gōng chě pǔ traditional Chinese musical notation using Chinese characters to represent musical notes
挤花 jǐ huā (cookery) to decorate using a piping bag / to extrude something though a piping bag / piping
桔槔 jié gāo well sweep (device for raising and lowering a bucket in a well, using a pivoted pole)
声训 shēng xùn explaining a character or word by using a homophone
臀推 tún tuī massage using one's buttocks
纸火锅 zhǐ huǒ guō paper hot pot (hot pot using a single-use pot made of Japanese washi paper with a special coating to prevent burning and leaking, used for cooking at the dining table)
界画 jiè huà accurate depiction of architectural forms with the aid of a ruler (technique of Chinese art) / picture created using this technique
直呼其名 zhí hū qí míng (idiom) to address sb directly by name / to address sb by name without using an honorific title (indicating familiarity or overfamiliarity)
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