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使用
使用 in English: to use; to employ
shǐ yòng
to use; to employ
How to pronounce 使用
shǐ yòng (without tone marks: shi yong). shǐ is a third (low, dipping) tone; yòng is a fourth (sharply falling) tone.
Characters in 使用
使 shǐ
to make; to cause; to enable
to make; to cause; to enable
用 yòng
to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
Example sentences with 使用
| 一名学生调查后发现，附近没有足够的垃圾桶，商店也使用大量塑料袋。 | from Plastic Bottles by the River |
| 海岸边的旧灯塔已经停止使用多年。 | from The Last Lighthouse by the Sea |
Related words
| 信用卡 | xìn yòng kǎ | credit card | HSK 3 |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to employ | HSK 3 |
| 大使馆 | dà shǐ guǎn | embassy | HSK 4 |
| 即使 | jí shǐ | even if; even though | HSK 4 |
| 使 | shǐ | to make; to cause | HSK 4 |
| 作用 | zuò yòng | to act on; to affect | HSK 4 |
| 促使 | cù shǐ | to induce; to promote | HSK 5 |
| 使劲儿 | shǐ jìn r | erhua variant of 使劲; to exert all one's strength | HSK 5 |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit; to make use of | HSK 5 |
| 日用品 | rì yòng pǐn | articles for daily use | HSK 5 |