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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
Trad. 用詞
usage (of a term) wording phrasing
Trad. 用語
choice of words wording phraseology term
quantity used; usage; consumption; dose
useful helpful Taiwan pr. [zhong4 yong4]
Trad. 用錢
variant of 佣錢|佣钱[yong4 qian5]
to share the use of; to have joint use of communal (bathroom); shared (antenna) to use, in total, ...
Trad. 用項
items of expenditure expenditures
Trad. 連用
to use (two words etc) together to use (sth) continuously
Trad. 應用
to put to use; to apply practical; applied (science, linguistics etc) application; practical use (computing) app
to falsely use (sb's identity etc)
to promote to reinstate (in a position or job)
to enjoy to reap the benefits (of sth)
Trad. 轉用
to adapt for use for another purpose
Trad. 備用
reserve spare alternate backup
multipurpose having several uses
to have in one's possession and use when required
to borrow sth for another use to borrow an idea for one's own use
for use by the emperor imperial (derog.) in the pay of the ruler
home-use domestic family expenses housekeeping money
Trad. 費用
cost expenditure expense CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]
to quote; to cite to recommend; to appoint (computing) reference
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)
Trad. 內用
to eat in (at a restaurant) (Tw) to take the medicine orally
to put sb in powerful position to empower
trustworthiness (commerce) credit (literary) to trust and appoint
to shift (funds) to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another to embezzle to misappropriate
Trad. 儉用
to economize; to be frugal
Trad. 試用
to try sth out to be on probation
Trad. 舉用
to select the best (for a job)
Trad. 實用
to apply in practice practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science)
to use (sth) for a purpose other than its original one; to adapt (tools, methods etc) for another purpose
Trad. 選用
to choose for some purpose to select and use
to expropriate to commandeer
to have (sth) for one's own use (literary) to be opinionated
Trad. 動用
to utilize to put sth to use
to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of)
Trad. 啟用
to start using (computing) to enable (a feature)
to change over to to switch to to use (sth different)
to use (sth) in an ingenious way marvelously effective use
to exploit to make use of to use to take advantage of to utilize
to withstand heavy use durable
to prohibit the use of sth to ban (computing) to disable
to use to employ to apply to make use of
to keep for use to retain sth to keep sb in his job
to continue to use (old methods) to apply as before according to usage
to share to use in common suitable fit for purpose useable
Trad. 盜用
to use illegitimately; to misappropriate; to embezzle
to apply mechanically to copy and use
Trad. 錄用
to hire (an employee) to accept (a manuscript) for publication
useful serviceable effective handy easy to use
Trad. 習用
to use habitually usual conventional
Trad. 軍用
(for) military use military application
to need sth urgently urgently required
Trad. 棄用
to stop using to abandon abandoned deprecated
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)
same as 慢慢吃[man4 man4 chi1]
to put in an important position
Trad. 飲用
drink drinking or drinkable (water)
servant to employ sb for a job to manage people to be in need of staff
Trad. 調用
to transfer (for a specific purpose) to allocate (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
to use for the purpose of to serve as
to apply (knowledge etc) creatively and flexibly to use a word flexibly (e.g. a noun as an adjective)
out of (supply) spent exhausted (used up) depleted
appliance utensil gear equipment
daily expenses of everyday use
to use literary quotations; to use phrases taken from the classics
to exert oneself physically
diligent industrious (in one's studies) to study hard to make great effort
to follow orders to abide by to obey
Trad. 藥用
medicinal use pharmaceutical
articles for use products goods
to tear down and reuse to cannibalize
to use letters to use words diction
Trad. 慣用
to use habitually habitual customary
Trad. 吳用
Wu Yong, character of 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], nicknamed Resourceful Star 智多星[Zhi4 duo1 xing1]
to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) (of two or more things) interchangeable
motive intention to be diligent or attentive careful
Trad. 用戶
user consumer subscriber customer
to stop using to suspend to discontinue to disable
to lease to hire to rent (sth from sb)
usefulness effectiveness (economics) utility
Trad. 用於
to use in; to use on; to use for
incidental expenses sundries pocket money
Trad. 用盡
to exhaust; to use up completely
to act on; to affect action; function; activity impact; result; effect purpose; intent (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition
to be good at using (sth) to put (sth) to good use
Trad. 應用層
application layer (computing)
Trad. 應用文
applied writing writing for practical purposes (business letters, advertising etc)
unfit for anything no good useless (of a sick person) beyond hope
everyday implement object of everyday use
to keep one's word trustworthy
"keep the change" (restaurant expression)
Trad. 不用說
needless to say; it goes without saying
Trad. 不用謝
You're welcome Don't mention it
store credit (credit to be spent at a specified retailer)
Trad. 強作用
strong interaction (governing hadrons in nuclear physics)
Trad. 試用期
trial period probationary period
Trad. 試用本
inspection copy (of a textbook etc) trial edition
volume of use usage amount
(physics) reaction (fig.) backlash; unintended consequence
(physics) weak interaction
to not use all of to use less than
Trad. 飲用水
drinking water; potable water
articles for daily use CL:件[jian4],個|个[ge4]
to have an effect to play a role to be operative to work to function
Trad. 慣用語
commonly used phrase idiom colloquial usage
Trad. 用得著
to be able to use; useable; to have a use for (in a question) to be necessary to
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