Definition
用 (yòng) is the everyday verb for 'to use' something, like a tool or a language. 使用 (shǐyòng) is its formal, written counterpart, common in documents and instructions. In the negative 不用 (bùyòng), it means 'need not' — a different sense from 得 (děi 'must'), which expresses obligation.
verb
to useto need (only in the negative form 不用, meaning 'need not')
Easily confused
- 甩shuǎilook-aliketo fling, swing, or throw with a whipping motion
- 涌yǒngsound-aliketo surge, to gush, to well up
- 半bànlook-alikehalf; (used before a measure word or number) half of; (after a number) and a half
Examples
- 用。Tā zài yòng diànnǎo xuéxí.He is using the computer to study.
- ，。Nǐ bú yòng zhāojí, shíjiān hái zǎo.You don't need to worry; it's still early.
- 用。Qǐng yòng Zhōngwén xiě.Please write in Chinese.
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