实用

Meaning(adjective, verbal noun)

practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science)

Examples

• 这个包又好看又实用。

  zhè ge bāo yòu hǎo kàn yòu shí yòng.

  This bag is both good-looking and practical.

• 这本书介绍了很多实用的汉语句子。

  zhè běn shū jiè shào le hěn duō shí yòng de hàn yǔ jù zi.

  This book introduces many practical Chinese sentences.

• 买东西我只看实用不实用。

  mǎi dōng xi wǒ zhī kàn shí yòng bù shí yòng.

  When shopping, I only care whether something is practical.

Easily confused

• 实际 — 实用 = practical, useful (objects, skills); 实际 = realistic, actual. 实用 is positive, unlike Vietnamese "thực dụng" which often sounds mercenary.

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