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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified 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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


聘用 pìnyòng	聘用 \| 聘用* \| *聘用	to employ / to hire	HSK 7-9


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


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


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


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


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


低費用 dīfèiyòng	低費用 \| 低費用* \| *低費用	low cost	低费用


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


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


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


花用 huāyòng	花用 \| 花用* \| *花用	to spend (money)


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


飯後服用 fànhòufúyòng	飯後服用 \| 飯後服用* \| *飯後服用	post cibum (pharm.) / to take (medicine) after a meal	饭后服用


物盡其用 wùjìnqíyòng	物盡其用 \| 物盡其用* \| *物盡其用	to use sth to the full / to make the best use of everything	物尽其用


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


崩壞作用 bēnghuàizuòyòng	崩壞作用 \| 崩壞作用* \| *崩壞作用	mass wasting (geology) / slope movement	崩坏作用


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


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


飲用 yǐnyòng	飲用 \| 飲用* \| *飲用	drink / drinking or drinkable (water)	饮用


耐用 nàiyòng	耐用 \| 耐用* \| *耐用	durable


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


外用 wàiyòng	外用 \| 外用* \| *外用	external


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)


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, ...


調用 diàoyòng	調用 \| 調用* \| *調用	to transfer (for a specific purpose) / to allocate / (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)	调用


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


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


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


侵蝕作用 qīnshízuòyòng	侵蝕作用 \| 侵蝕作用* \| *侵蝕作用	erosion	侵蚀作用


錯用 cuòyòng	錯用 \| 錯用* \| *錯用	to misuse / to misapply	错用


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


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


內用 nèiyòng	內用 \| 內用* \| *內用	to eat in (at a restaurant) (Tw) / to take the medicine orally	内用


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


功用 gōngyòng	功用 \| 功用* \| *功用	function


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)


僱用 gùyòng	僱用 \| 僱用* \| *僱用	to employ; to hire	雇用


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


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


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


學以致用 xuéyǐzhìyòng	學以致用 \| 學以致用* \| *學以致用	to study sth in order to apply it	学以致用


錄用 lùyòng	錄用 \| 錄用* \| *錄用	to hire (an employee) / to accept (a manuscript) for publication	录用


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


隨插即用 suíchājíyòng	隨插即用 \| 隨插即用* \| *隨插即用	plug and play (computing)	随插即用


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


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


單用 dānyòng	單用 \| 單用* \| *單用	to use (sth) on its own	单用


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


省吃儉用 shěngchījiǎnyòng	省吃儉用 \| 省吃儉用* \| *省吃儉用	to live frugally	省吃俭用


急用 jíyòng	急用 \| 急用* \| *急用	to need sth urgently / urgently required


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


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


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


頂用 dǐngyòng	頂用 \| 頂用* \| *頂用	to be of use	顶用


活學活用 huóxuéhuóyòng	活學活用 \| 活學活用* \| *活學活用	to creatively combine learning with usage / to learn and apply pragmatically	活学活用


分解作用 fēnjiězuòyòng	分解作用 \| 分解作用* \| *分解作用	decomposition


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


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


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


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


資用 zīyòng	資用 \| 資用* \| *資用	(physics) available	资用


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


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


抵用 dǐyòng	抵用 \| 抵用* \| *抵用	to exchange for (sth of equal value or utility); to use in lieu; to redeem (a coupon etc); to use to offset (an amount owed etc)


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


心無二用 xīnwú'èryòng	心無二用 \| 心無二用* \| *心無二用	one cannot concentrate on two things at the same time	心无二用


正用 zhèngyòng	正用 \| 正用* \| *正用	correct usage


儉用 jiǎnyòng	儉用 \| 儉用* \| *儉用	to economize; to be frugal	俭用


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


拆用 chāiyòng	拆用 \| 拆用* \| *拆用	to tear down and reuse / to cannibalize


甄用 zhēnyòng	甄用 \| 甄用* \| *甄用	to employ by examination


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

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