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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
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need not
HSK 1
useful
HSK 1
in common usage
HSK 2
to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of
HSK 2
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
to put to use; to apply / practical; applied (science, linguistics etc) / application; practical use / (computing) app
HSK 3
to exploit / to make use of / to use / to take advantage of / to utilize
HSK 3
to adopt / to employ / to use
HSK 3
cost / expenditure / expense / CL: 筆|笔, 個|个
HSK 3
to be applicable
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useless
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to use / to put to use
HSK 4
use; application
HSK 4
to apply in practice / practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science)
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to use in; to use on; to use for
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to be used for
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to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
HSK 5
user / consumer / subscriber / customer
HSK 5
not need / have no use for
HSK 5
articles for use / products / goods
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usefulness / CL: 個|个
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trustworthiness / (commerce) credit / (literary) to trust and appoint
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usage
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motive / intention / to be diligent or attentive / careful
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to be able to use; useable; to have a use for / (in a question) to be necessary to
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special / dedicated
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to quote; to cite / to recommend; to appoint / (computing) reference
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side effect
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to choose for some purpose / to select and use
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to try sth out / to be on probation
HSK 7-9
efficacious / useful
HSK 7-9
to occupy
HSK 7-9
to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use
HSK 7-9
to eat a meal
HSK 7-9
servant / to employ sb for a job / to manage people / to be in need of staff
HSK 7-9
home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money
HSK 7-9
to utilize / to put sth to use
HSK 7-9
(for) civilian use
HSK 7-9
to take (medicine)
HSK 7-9
to exert oneself physically
HSK 7-9
to misuse / to abuse
HSK 7-9
to employ / to hire
HSK 7-9
diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort
HSK 7-9
intention / purpose
HSK 7-9
needless to say; it goes without saying
HSK 7-9
trial period / probationary period
HSK 7-9
drinking water; potable water
HSK 7-9
reserve / spare / alternate / backup
HSK 7-9
public / for public use
HSK 7-9
to eat; to consume / edible
HSK 7-9
(physics) action force
useful / helpful / Taiwan pr. [zhong4 yong4]
to withstand heavy use / durable
to prohibit the use of sth / to ban / (computing) to disable
drink / drinking or drinkable (water)
medicinal use / pharmaceutical
to reuse
(attributive) commercial
to continue to use (old methods) / to apply as before / according to usage
(for) military use / military application
to use for the purpose of / to serve as
to transfer (for a specific purpose) / to allocate / (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
to lease / to hire / to rent (sth from sb)
to start using / (computing) to enable (a feature)
to change over to / to switch to / to use (sth different)
function
multimeter
to hire (an employee) / to accept (a manuscript) for publication
to shift (funds) / to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another / to embezzle / to misappropriate
in order to / so as to
durable
dual-use
to use illegitimately; to misappropriate; to embezzle
to implement / to use
to have (sth) for one's own use / (literary) to be opinionated
appliance / utensil / gear / equipment
quantity used; usage; consumption; dose
choice of words / wording / phraseology / term
external
out of (supply) / spent / exhausted (used up) / depleted
daily expenses / of everyday use
to enjoy / to reap the benefits (of sth)
comfortable / feeling well
to expropriate / to commandeer
adequate / sufficient / enough
to misuse
for use by the emperor / imperial / (derog.) in the pay of the ruler
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)
limitless supply (of) / inexhaustible
to share / to use in common / suitable / fit for purpose / useable
to employ workers
ample scope for abilities / favorable position for the use of one's skills (idiom)
to live frugally
to employ; to hire
to promote / to reinstate (in a position or job)
to employ a stratagem
to use literary quotations; to use phrases taken from the classics
(idiom) to let emotions affect one's decisions

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