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  *用* | 用* | *用
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
HSK 1
to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of
HSK 2
in common usage
HSK 2
useful
HSK 1
to exploit / to make use of / to use / to take advantage of / to utilize
HSK 3
to act on; to affect / action; function; activity / impact; result; effect / purpose; intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用, inhibition
HSK 2
credit card
HSK 2
need not
HSK 1
to put to use; to apply / practical; applied (science, linguistics etc) / application; practical use / (computing) app
HSK 3
user / consumer / subscriber / customer
HSK 5
to be used for
HSK 5
useless
HSK 3
use; application
HSK 4
cost / expenditure / expense / CL: 筆|笔, 個|个
HSK 3
trustworthiness / (commerce) credit / (literary) to trust and appoint
HSK 6
to use / to put to use
HSK 4
to adopt / to employ / to use
HSK 3
usage
HSK 6
to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
HSK 5
to use in; to use on; to use for
HSK 5
to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use
HSK 7-9
motive / intention / to be diligent or attentive / careful
HSK 6
to apply in practice / practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science)
HSK 4
home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money
HSK 7-9
to be applicable
HSK 3
to utilize / to put sth to use
HSK 7-9
special / dedicated
HSK 6
(for) civilian use
HSK 7-9
efficacious / useful
HSK 7-9
needless to say; it goes without saying
HSK 7-9
same as 慢慢吃
to appoint / to assign
photosynthesis
articles for use / products / goods
HSK 6
public / for public use
HSK 7-9
servant / to employ sb for a job / to manage people / to be in need of staff
HSK 7-9
inhibition
not need / have no use for
HSK 5
to be able to use; useable; to have a use for / (in a question) to be necessary to
HSK 6
laying hen
to use for the purpose of / to serve as
to falsely use (sb's identity etc)
to eat a meal
HSK 7-9
to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of)
catalysis
usage (of a term) / wording / phrasing
everyday words
a perception that doesn't reflect reality / a notion based on an erroneous belief
usefulness / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
to misuse / to abuse
HSK 7-9
to do two things at once (idiom) / to multitask / to divide one's attention
you're welcome / don't mention it / no need to stand on ceremony
function
to shift (funds) / to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another / to embezzle / to misappropriate
to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function
to try sth out / to be on probation
HSK 7-9
to be good at using (sth) / to put (sth) to good use
to exert oneself physically
HSK 7-9
to eat; to consume / edible
HSK 7-9
to occupy
HSK 7-9
multipurpose
domestic electric appliance
adult products; sex-related goods (condoms, lubricants, sex toys etc)
graphical user interface (GUI)
practical application
credit rating
choice of words / wording / phraseology / term
useful / serviceable / effective / handy / easy to use
(physics) action force
reflex / reflection
to put in an important position
typical use / typical application
side effect
HSK 7-9
to access / to make use of
usefulness / effectiveness / (economics) utility
to enjoy / to reap the benefits (of sth)
comfortable / feeling well
to stop using / to suspend / to discontinue / to disable
to eat in (at a restaurant) (Tw) / to take the medicine orally
useful / helpful / Taiwan pr. [zhong4 yong4]
dual-use
drinking water; potable water
HSK 7-9
to act impetuously (idiom); on an impulse
application software
to quote; to cite / to recommend; to appoint / (computing) reference
HSK 7-9
to put to good use / to come in handy
to multitask
(Tw) web application
petty cash
(of a team) to throw oneself into the battle
to quote / to cite
abuse of power
to share the use of; to have joint use of / communal (bathroom); shared (antenna) / to use, in total, ...
to start using / (computing) to enable (a feature)
out of (supply) / spent / exhausted (used up) / depleted
limitless supply (of) / inexhaustible
applied science
to interact / interaction / interplay
to use (sth) in an ingenious way / marvelously effective use
to apply mechanically / to copy and use

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