用 yòng
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yòng
verb
to use; to apply
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 使用 (ABC 'yòng' v 1; GHC '用' 1; Kroll 2015 '用' 1; NCCED '用' 1) -
yòng
noun
Kangxi radical 101
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
yòng
verb
to eat
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink
Notes: (ABC 'yòng' v 2; NCCED '用' 5) -
yòng
verb
to spend
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'yòng' v 3) -
yòng
bound form
expense
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, in 费用 'expense' (ABC 'yòng' bf 1; GHC '用' 9; NCCED '用' 3) -
yòng
noun
a use; usage
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 作用; for example, 没用 'has no use', not useful (ABC 'yòng' bf 2; GHC '用' 8; Kroll 2015 '用' 1a; NCCED '用' 2) -
yòng
verb
to need; must
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 需要 (ABC 'yòng' v 4; GHC '用' 6; Kroll 2015 '用' 4) -
yòng
adjective
useful; practical
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 实用 (GHC '用' 7; Kroll 2015 '用' 1b) -
yòng
verb
to use up; to use all of something
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '用' 2) -
yòng
preposition
by means of; with
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '用' 13; Kroll 2015 '用' 3) -
yòng
verb
to work (an animal)
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 役使 (GHC '用' 2) -
yòng
verb
to appoint
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 任用 (GHC '用' 4) -
yòng
verb
to administer; to manager
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 治理 (GHC '用' 10) -
yòng
verb
to control
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 把持; for example, in 千字文 ”Thousand Character Classic”, 用軍 'command their armies' (GHC '用' 11; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 2008) -
yòng
verb
to access
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 通达 (GHC '用' 12) -
yòng
proper noun
Yong
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (GHC '用' 17)
Contained in
- 英雄无用武之地(英雄無用武之地) a hero with no chance of using his might; to have no opportunity to display one's talents
- 活用 to apply (knowledge etc) creatively and flexibly; to use a word flexibly
- 搬用 to apply mechanically; to copy and use
- 信用社 credit union
- 刁蹬用强(刁蹬用強) to use crafty words in an argument
- 蒸腾作用(蒸騰作用) transpiration
- 用得其所 used properly; used for its intended purpose; to put to good use; to serve its purpose
- 用来(用來) to be used for ; since
- 通用汽车公司(通用汽車公司) General Motors
- 援用 to quote; to cite
- 用一当十(用一當十) to use one force against another ten times its size
- 通用 to be in common use; to be interchangeable
- 反作用力 opposing force
- 善用 to be good at using (something)/to put (something) to good use
- 选用(選用) to choose for some purpose; to select and use
- 礼之用,和为贵(禮之用,和為貴) in practicing the rules of propriety, a harmony should be emphasized
- 饱食终日,无所用心(飽食終日,無所用心) to eat three square meals a day and do no work; to be sated with food and remain idle
- 起用 to reinstate (in a position or job) ; to promote
- 举用(舉用) to select the best (for a job)
- 光化作用 photochemical effect; photosynthesis; photolysis
- 大才小用 making little use of great talent; to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
- 触媒作用(觸媒作用) catalysis
- 相互作用 to interact; interaction; interplay
- 图像用户介面(圖像用戶介面) graphical user interface; GUI
- 公用 for public use ; for official government use
- 武器可用物质(武器可用物質) weapons-usable material
- 家用电器(家用電器) domestic electric appliance
- 造山作用 orogeny
- 两用(兩用) dual-use
- 用户定义(用戶定義) user-defined
- 减省费用(減省費用) to reduce costs
- 套用 to copy a set pattern mechanically; to crib
- 用意 intention
- 登记用户(登記用戶) registered user
- 用水 to use water ; water supply; water supplied by a public utility
- 实际应用(實際應用) practical application
- 烃化作用(烴化作用) alkylation
- 使用性 usability
- 备用环(備用環) backup ring
- 用心良苦 to ponder earnestly; to give a lot of thought to sth
- 雇用(僱用) to employ; to hire
- 工矿用地(工礦用地) industrial and mining area
- 用钱(用錢) commission; brokerage
- 零用钱(零用錢) pocket money; allowance; spending money
Also contained in
通用闸道器介面 、 应用科学 、 应用服务提供商 、 小应用程序 、 通用语 、 图形用户界面 、 专用网路
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三十 志第十: 音樂三 Volume 30 Treatises 10: Music 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 236
- 卷二百一十八 列傳第一百四十三 沙陀 Volume 218 Biographies 143: Shatuo New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 120
- 卷三十一 志第十一: 音樂四 Volume 31 Treatises 11: Music 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 104
- 卷一百三十 志第八十三 樂五 Volume 130 Treatises 83: Music 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 103
- 卷八十四 志第三十四: 選舉四 Volume 84 Treatises 37: Selection of Officials 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 98
- 卷六十七 志第四十三 輿服三 Volume 67 Treatises 43: Carriages and Clothing 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 90
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 83
- 卷五十八 新五代史考第一 Volume 58 Examination on the New Five Dynasties : New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 79
- 卷六十五 志第四十一 輿服一 Volume 65 Treatises 41: Carriages and Clothing 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 78
- 卷八十三 志第三十三: 選舉三 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Selection of Officials 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 78
Collocations
- 用大 (用大) 是用大諫 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧民勞 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Min Lu — count: 3
- 用蓍 (用蓍) 古代用蓍草占卦 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 3
- 乂用 (乂用) 次六曰乂用三德 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 3
- 用忧 (用憂) 我是用憂 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧魚藻之什‧角弓 Minor odes of the kingdom - Yu Zao Zhi Shen - Jiao Gong — count: 2
- 天用 (天用) 天用勦絕其命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹誓(伪) Xia Shu - Yu Shi (forged) — count: 2
- 百谷用 (百穀用) 百穀用成 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 2
- 卜用 (卜用) 寧王惟卜用 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 大誥 Zhou Shu - Great Announcement — count: 2
- 足用 (足用) 儉以足用 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 魯頌‧駉之什‧駉 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Jiong - Jiong — count: 2
- 用休 (用休) 戒之用休 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 2
- 覆用 (覆用) 不臧覆用 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧小旻 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiao Min — count: 2