用 - Mandarin word #122

用

yòng

Traditional: 用

HSK 2

#122 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to use, to need, using

Stroke order

用

脑nǎo。

I use a computer for work.

？

What is this used for?

。

No thanks needed.

笔bǐ。

Please use this pen to write.

脑nǎo。

I would like to use your computer for a moment.

用 (yòng) means to use, to need, using. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.

必须

must, have to

不用

no need to, don't have to

可

may, can, to approve

拿

to take, to hold, to grab

我会

I will, I know how to

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 用.

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 3.