Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/用-yòng-use;-need-to

用 yòng use; need to in Mandarin Chinese

This character is itself both a radical and a phonetic. For example, it occurs as a phonetic in the simplified character 拥, which is used in the word 拥挤 (擁擠) yōngjĭ “be crowded.” Distinguish 用 from 同 tóng, 再 zài, and simplified 两 liăng.

Take some time to dive into these other pages after completing this lesson: Drinks, 爱 ài, 占(佔) zhàn occupy & 黄(黃) huáng yellow.

Examples

用 yòng use [V]; using; with [CV]

用完 yòngwán finish using

不用 bú yòng don’t need to

不用谢 (不用謝) bú yòng xiè “you don’t need to thank me” [IE]

不用找了 bú yòng zhăole “you don’t need to give change” [IE]

公用 gōngyòng public [AT]

公用电话 (公用電話) gōngyòng diànhuà public telephone [PH]

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

Other Lessons

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• 将(將) jiāng will, be about to; take
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• 一起 yìqǐ
• 视(視) shì look at, regard, inspect
• 非 fēi not; Africa
• 而 ér also, and, yet, but
• 愿(願) yuàn wish, want
• 常 cháng often; common