(shǐ yòng) - to use, to employ in Mandarin
shǐyòngTraditional: 使用
Translation
to use, to employ
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Word origin
A compound of 使 (shǐ) 'to cause, to employ' and 用 (yòng) 'to use'. 使 carries the 亻(person) radical with 吏 (official) alongside; 用 is an early pictograph variously read as a bucket or a tablet. The word means to use or to employ.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 使 (shǐ, to employ: 亻person + 吏) + 用 (yòng, to use)
Stroke order
使
用
Examples
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Please use this tool correctly.
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I often use the computer.
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How do you use this tool?
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Please use this machine correctly.
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This tool is very convenient to use.
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