用 (yòng) means To use. Below are 18 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我可以 用 一下你的电脑吗？
Wǒ kěyǐ yòng yíxià nǐ de diànnǎo ma?
May I use your computer for a moment?
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 用
学外语很有 用 。
Xué wàiyǔ hěn yǒuyòng.
Learning a foreign language is very useful.
Dictionary example · 学
你能教我怎么 用 吗？
Nǐ néng jiāo wǒ zěnme yòng ma?
Can you teach me how to use it?
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 教
你会 用 筷子吃饭吗？
Nǐ huì yòng kuàizi chī fàn ma?
Can you eat with chopsticks?
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 筷子
我想借你的词典 用 一下。
Wǒ xiǎng jiè nǐ de cídiǎn yòng yíxià.
I'd like to borrow your dictionary for a moment.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 借
我的信 用 卡放在包里了。
Wǒ de xìnyòngkǎ fàng zài bāo lǐ le.
I put my credit card in my bag.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 信用卡
我 用 词典找这个字的意思。
Wǒ yòng cídiǎn zhǎo zhège zì de yìsi.
I use a dictionary to look up what this character means.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 词典
From the graded readers
我说不 用 ，就上楼了。
wǒ shuō búyòng, jiù shàng lóu le / liǎo / liào.
I said there was no need and went on up.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
发消息的人 用 的是小林的名字。
fā xiāoxi de / dì rén yòng de / dì shì xiǎo lín de / dì míngzi.
The name on the message was Xiaolin's.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
她说：“不 用 不 用 ，太麻烦你了。”
tā shuō:" búyòng búyòng, tài máfan nǐ le / liǎo / liào."
She said, "No, no, it's too much trouble."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
最后她说：“不 用 担心我，我很好。”
zuìhòu tā shuō:" búyòng dānxīn wǒ, wǒ hěnhǎo."
At the end she wrote, "Don't worry about me, I'm fine."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
我 用 电脑给自己打电话，可是没有人接。
wǒ yòng diànnǎo gěi zìjǐ dǎdiànhuà, kěshì méiyǒu rén jiē.
I rang my own number from the computer, but nobody picked up.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
From the travel phrasebook
这个功能不能 用 。
Zhège gōngnéng bù néng yòng.
This function doesn't work.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
From the grammar library
我 用 筷子吃面条。
Wǒ yòng kuàizi chī miàntiáo.
I eat noodles with chopsticks.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Word order — Subject + Verb + Object
Words that contain 用
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 用
How is 用 used in a sentence?
This page shows 18 sentences using 用 (yòng, "To use"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 用 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 用 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 用 an HSK word?
Yes — 用 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 用?
The dictionary page for 用 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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