用 (yòng): meaning and stroke order
用 (yòng) means to use; to make use of; to employ, (coverb) with; using.
用
- Simplified
- 用
- Traditional
- 用 (same form)
- Pinyin
- yòng
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Stroke order of 用
用
- yòng to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using
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Meaning of 用
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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
Radical and structure
- 用
- Radical 用 (Kangxi radical 101) · 5 strokes
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Words with 用
- 不用 bù yòng need not
- 有用 yǒu yòng useful
- 用力 yòng lì to exert oneself physically
- 用心 yòng xīn motive; intention
- 用来 yòng lái to be used for
- 常用 cháng yòng in common usage
- 用尽 yòng jìn to exhaust; to use up completely
- 备用 bèi yòng reserve; spare
- 用完 yòng wán used up; finished
- 用不着 yòng bu zháo not need; have no use for
用 in our stories
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他用妻子的手机给自己打电话。
tā yòng qīzi de shǒujī gěi zìjǐ dǎ diànhuà
He uses his wife's phone to call his own number.
From the story Where's my phone? HSK 2
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阿山用自己的水桶送小龙到大河边。
Ā Shān yòng zìjǐ de shuǐtǒng sòng xiǎo lóng dào dà hé biān
A Shan carried the little dragon to the big river in his own bucket.
From the story The little dragon and the rain HSK 2
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休息了一夜以后，它用最大的力气又跳了一次。
xiūxi le yí yè yǐhòu tā yòng zuì dà de lìqi yòu tiào le yí cì
After resting for a night, it jumped once more with all its strength.
From the story The little carp's decision HSK 3
Stories using 用
- Where's my phone? HSK 2
- The little dragon and the rain HSK 2
- The little carp's decision HSK 3
- That last piece HSK 3
- Three circles HSK 4
- English on the basketball court HSK 5
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).