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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
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to put to use; to apply / practical; applied (science, linguistics etc) / application; practical use / (computing) app
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useless
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to be applicable
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to exploit / to make use of / to use / to take advantage of / to utilize
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cost / expenditure / expense / CL: 筆|笔, 個|个
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to adopt / to employ / to use
HSK 3
to apply in practice / practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science)
HSK 4
to use / to put to use
HSK 4
to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
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special / dedicated
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trustworthiness / (commerce) credit / (literary) to trust and appoint
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side effect
HSK 7-9
to take (medicine)
HSK 7-9
home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money
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public / for public use
HSK 7-9
to misuse / to abuse
HSK 7-9
to eat; to consume / edible
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to utilize / to put sth to use
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to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use
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reserve / spare / alternate / backup
HSK 7-9
to try sth out / to be on probation
HSK 7-9
to employ / to hire
HSK 7-9
to occupy
HSK 7-9
to quote; to cite / to recommend; to appoint / (computing) reference
HSK 7-9
efficacious / useful
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(for) civilian use
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to choose for some purpose / to select and use
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useful / serviceable / effective / handy / easy to use
to enjoy / to reap the benefits (of sth)
comfortable / feeling well
dual-use
to lease / to hire / to rent (sth from sb)
to do two things at once (idiom) / to multitask / to divide one's attention
drink / drinking or drinkable (water)
durable
to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of)
external
to have (sth) for one's own use / (literary) to be opinionated
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)
to share the use of; to have joint use of / communal (bathroom); shared (antenna) / to use, in total, ...
to transfer (for a specific purpose) / to allocate / (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
(for) military use / military application
to be good at using (sth) / to put (sth) to good use
to appoint / to assign
to misuse / to misapply
medicinal use / pharmaceutical
to access / to make use of
to eat in (at a restaurant) (Tw) / to take the medicine orally
usefulness / effectiveness / (economics) utility
function
to apply (knowledge etc) creatively and flexibly / to use a word flexibly (e.g. a noun as an adjective)
to employ; to hire
useless / worthless
to use habitually / habitual / customary
photosynthesis
to study sth in order to apply it
to hire (an employee) / to accept (a manuscript) for publication
to continue to use (old methods) / to apply as before / according to usage
plug and play (computing)
to put in an important position
unfit for anything / no good / useless / (of a sick person) beyond hope
to use (sth) on its own
to use sth to the full / to make the best use of everything
a perception that doesn't reflect reality / a notion based on an erroneous belief
to live frugally
to need sth urgently / urgently required
for use by the emperor / imperial / (derog.) in the pay of the ruler
same as 慢慢吃
to be of use
to creatively combine learning with usage / to learn and apply pragmatically
decomposition
sedimentation (geology)
plug-and-play
weathering (of rocks) / erosion (by wind etc)
to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function
(physics) available
to use habitually / usual / conventional
to interact / interaction / interplay
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)
useful / helpful / Taiwan pr. [zhong4 yong4]
one cannot concentrate on two things at the same time
correct usage
to economize; to be frugal
photochemical effect / photosynthesis / photolysis
to tear down and reuse / to cannibalize
to employ by examination
adopting Western knowledge for its practical uses while keeping Chinese values as the core
catabolism (biology) / metabolic breaking down and waste disposal / dissimilation
erosion
to quote / to cite
have sth ready just in case / keep sth for possible future use
to apply mechanically / to copy and use
to implement / to use
(attributive) commercial

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