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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
用 yòng	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


使用 shǐyòng	使用 \| 使用* \| *使用	to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of	HSK 2


常用 chángyòng	常用 \| 常用* \| *常用	in common usage	HSK 2


有用 yǒuyòng	有用 \| 有用* \| *有用	useful	HSK 1


利用 lìyòng	利用 \| 利用* \| *利用	to exploit / to make use of / to use / to take advantage of / to utilize	HSK 3


应用 yìngyòng	应用 \| 应用* \| *应用	to put to use; to apply / practical; applied (science, linguistics etc) / application; practical use / (computing) app	應用 HSK 3


作用 zuòyòng	作用 \| 作用* \| *作用	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


采用 cǎiyòng	采用 \| 采用* \| *采用	to adopt / to employ / to use	採用 HSK 3


不用 bùyòng	不用 \| 不用* \| *不用	need not	HSK 1


没用 méiyòng	没用 \| 没用* \| *没用	useless	沒用 HSK 3


适用 shìyòng	适用 \| 适用* \| *适用	to be applicable	適用 HSK 3


费用 fèiyòng	费用 \| 费用* \| *费用	cost / expenditure / expense / CL: 筆｜笔, 個｜个	費用 HSK 3


实用 shíyòng	实用 \| 实用* \| *实用	to apply in practice / practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science)	實用 HSK 4


信用 xìnyòng	信用 \| 信用* \| *信用	trustworthiness / (commerce) credit / (literary) to trust and appoint	HSK 6


运用 yùnyòng	运用 \| 运用* \| *运用	to use / to put to use	運用 HSK 4


通用 tōngyòng	通用 \| 通用* \| *通用	to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable	HSK 5


借用 jièyòng	借用 \| 借用* \| *借用	to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use	HSK 7-9


滥用 lànyòng	滥用 \| 滥用* \| *滥用	to misuse / to abuse	濫用 HSK 7-9


专用 zhuānyòng	专用 \| 专用* \| *专用	special / dedicated	專用 HSK 6


占用 zhànyòng	占用 \| 占用* \| *占用	to occupy	佔用 HSK 7-9


家用 jiāyòng	家用 \| 家用* \| *家用	home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money	HSK 7-9


试用 shìyòng	试用 \| 试用* \| *试用	to try sth out / to be on probation	試用 HSK 7-9


民用 mínyòng	民用 \| 民用* \| *民用	(for) civilian use	HSK 7-9


管用 guǎnyòng	管用 \| 管用* \| *管用	efficacious / useful	HSK 7-9


慢用 mànyòng	慢用 \| 慢用* \| *慢用	same as 慢慢吃


任用 rènyòng	任用 \| 任用* \| *任用	to appoint / to assign


光合作用 guānghézuòyòng	光合作用 \| 光合作用* \| *光合作用	photosynthesis


公用 gōngyòng	公用 \| 公用* \| *公用	public / for public use	HSK 7-9


抑制作用 yìzhìzuòyòng	抑制作用 \| 抑制作用* \| *抑制作用	inhibition


动用 dòngyòng	动用 \| 动用* \| *动用	to utilize / to put sth to use	動用 HSK 7-9


选用 xuǎnyòng	选用 \| 选用* \| *选用	to choose for some purpose / to select and use	選用 HSK 7-9


溶蚀作用 róngshízuòyòng	溶蚀作用 \| 溶蚀作用* \| *溶蚀作用	dissolving / erosion by groundwater / corrosion	溶蝕作用


冒用 màoyòng	冒用 \| 冒用* \| *冒用	to falsely use (sb's identity etc)


享用 xiǎngyòng	享用 \| 享用* \| *享用	to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of)


催化作用 cuīhuàzuòyòng	催化作用 \| 催化作用* \| *催化作用	catalysis


心理作用 xīnlǐzuòyòng	心理作用 \| 心理作用* \| *心理作用	a perception that doesn't reflect reality / a notion based on an erroneous belief


一心二用 yīxīn'èryòng	一心二用 \| 一心二用* \| *一心二用	to do two things at once (idiom) / to multitask / to divide one's attention


功用 gōngyòng	功用 \| 功用* \| *功用	function


挪用 nuóyòng	挪用 \| 挪用* \| *挪用	to shift (funds) / to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another / to embezzle / to misappropriate


起作用 qǐzuòyòng	起作用 \| 起作用* \| *起作用	to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function


善用 shànyòng	善用 \| 善用* \| *善用	to be good at using (sth) / to put (sth) to good use


军用 jūnyòng	军用 \| 军用* \| *军用	(for) military use / military application	軍用


食用 shíyòng	食用 \| 食用* \| *食用	to eat; to consume / edible	HSK 7-9


启用 qǐyòng	启用 \| 启用* \| *启用	to start using / (computing) to enable (a feature)	啟用


好用 hǎoyòng	好用 \| 好用* \| *好用	useful / serviceable / effective / handy / easy to use


中体西用 Zhōngtǐ Xīyòng	中体西用 \| 中体西用* \| *中体西用	adopting Western knowledge for its practical uses while keeping Chinese values as the core	中體西用


反射作用 fǎnshèzuòyòng	反射作用 \| 反射作用* \| *反射作用	reflex / reflection


商业应用 shāngyèyìngyòng	商业应用 \| 商业应用* \| *商业应用	business application	商業應用


重用 zhòngyòng	重用 \| 重用* \| *重用	to put in an important position


风化作用 fēnghuàzuòyòng	风化作用 \| 风化作用* \| *风化作用	weathering (of rocks) / erosion (by wind etc)	風化作用


副作用 fùzuòyòng	副作用 \| 副作用* \| *副作用	side effect	HSK 7-9


取用 qǔyòng	取用 \| 取用* \| *取用	to access / to make use of


效用 xiàoyòng	效用 \| 效用* \| *效用	usefulness / effectiveness / (economics) utility


网络应用 wǎngluòyìngyòng	网络应用 \| 网络应用* \| *网络应用	network application	網絡應用


备用 bèiyòng	备用 \| 备用* \| *备用	reserve / spare / alternate / backup	備用 HSK 7-9


受用 shòuyòng	受用 \| 受用* \| *受用	to enjoy / to reap the benefits (of sth)


受用 shòuyong	受用 \| 受用* \| *受用	comfortable / feeling well


停用 tíngyòng	停用 \| 停用* \| *停用	to stop using / to suspend / to discontinue / to disable


中用 zhōngyòng	中用 \| 中用* \| *中用	useful / helpful / Taiwan pr. [zhong4 yong4]


引用 yǐnyòng	引用 \| 引用* \| *引用	to quote; to cite / to recommend; to appoint / (computing) reference	HSK 7-9


一心多用 yīxīnduōyòng	一心多用 \| 一心多用* \| *一心多用	to multitask


吴用 Wú Yòng	吴用 \| 吴用* \| *吴用	Wu Yong, character of 水滸傳｜水浒传, nicknamed Resourceful Star 智多星	吳用


援用 yuányòng	援用 \| 援用* \| *援用	to quote / to cite


共用 gòngyòng	共用 \| 共用* \| *共用	to share the use of; to have joint use of / communal (bathroom); shared (antenna) / to use, in total, ...


相互作用 xiānghùzuòyòng	相互作用 \| 相互作用* \| *相互作用	to interact / interaction / interplay


妙用 miàoyòng	妙用 \| 妙用* \| *妙用	to use (sth) in an ingenious way / marvelously effective use


搬用 bānyòng	搬用 \| 搬用* \| *搬用	to apply mechanically / to copy and use


弃用 qìyòng	弃用 \| 弃用* \| *弃用	to stop using / to abandon / abandoned / deprecated	棄用


即插即用 jíchājíyòng	即插即用 \| 即插即用* \| *即插即用	plug-and-play


两用 liǎngyòng	两用 \| 两用* \| *两用	dual-use	兩用


反作用 fǎnzuòyòng	反作用 \| 反作用* \| *反作用	(physics) reaction / (fig.) backlash; unintended consequence


多用 duōyòng	多用 \| 多用* \| *多用	multipurpose / having several uses


沿用 yányòng	沿用 \| 沿用* \| *沿用	to continue to use (old methods) / to apply as before / according to usage


协同作用 xiétóngzuòyòng	协同作用 \| 协同作用* \| *协同作用	synergy / cooperative interaction	協同作用


御用 yùyòng	御用 \| 御用* \| *御用	for use by the emperor / imperial / (derog.) in the pay of the ruler


他用 tāyòng	他用 \| 他用* \| *他用	other use / other purpose


同化作用 tónghuàzuòyòng	同化作用 \| 同化作用* \| *同化作用	assimilation / anabolism (biology) / constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc)


无用 wúyòng	无用 \| 无用* \| *无用	useless / worthless	無用


手用 shǒuyòng	手用 \| 手用* \| *手用	hand-used / hand (tool)


另用 lìngyòng	另用 \| 另用* \| *另用	diversion


套用 tàoyòng	套用 \| 套用* \| *套用	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)


实际应用 shíjìyìngyòng	实际应用 \| 实际应用* \| *实际应用	practical application	實際應用


惯用 guànyòng	惯用 \| 惯用* \| *惯用	to use habitually / habitual / customary	慣用


不中用 bùzhōngyòng	不中用 \| 不中用* \| *不中用	unfit for anything / no good / useless / (of a sick person) beyond hope


移用 yíyòng	移用 \| 移用* \| *移用	to use (sth) for a purpose other than its original one; to adapt (tools, methods etc) for another purpose


核相互作用 héxiānghùzuòyòng	核相互作用 \| 核相互作用* \| *核相互作用	nuclear interaction


刚愎自用 gāngbìzìyòng	刚愎自用 \| 刚愎自用* \| *刚愎自用	obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)	剛愎自用


异化作用 yìhuàzuòyòng	异化作用 \| 异化作用* \| *异化作用	catabolism (biology) / metabolic breaking down and waste disposal / dissimilation	異化作用


租用 zūyòng	租用 \| 租用* \| *租用	to lease / to hire / to rent (sth from sb)


水陆两用 shuǐlùliǎngyòng	水陆两用 \| 水陆两用* \| *水陆两用	amphibious (vehicle)	水陸兩用


活用 huóyòng	活用 \| 活用* \| *活用	to apply (knowledge etc) creatively and flexibly / to use a word flexibly (e.g. a noun as an adjective)


改用 gǎiyòng	改用 \| 改用* \| *改用	to change over to / to switch to / to use (sth different)


沉积作用 chénjīzuòyòng	沉积作用 \| 沉积作用* \| *沉积作用	sedimentation (geology)	沉積作用


药用 yàoyòng	药用 \| 药用* \| *药用	medicinal use / pharmaceutical	藥用


服用 fúyòng	服用 \| 服用* \| *服用	to take (medicine)	HSK 7-9


复用 fùyòng	复用 \| 复用* \| *复用	to reuse	複用


习用 xíyòng	习用 \| 习用* \| *习用	to use habitually / usual / conventional	習用


强作用 qiángzuòyòng	强作用 \| 强作用* \| *强作用	strong interaction (governing hadrons in nuclear physics)	強作用


循环使用 xúnhuánshǐyòng	循环使用 \| 循环使用* \| *循环使用	recycle / to use in cyclic order	循環使用


光化作用 guānghuàzuòyòng	光化作用 \| 光化作用* \| *光化作用	photochemical effect / photosynthesis / photolysis

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