用来
yòng láiㄩㄥˋ ㄌㄞˊ
Sino-Vietnamese: DỤNG LAI
Traditional: 用來
HSK 3.0 · 4
Meaning(verb, person name)
to be used for
Examples
这把刀是用来切水果的。
zhè bǎ dāo shì yòng lái qiè shuǐ guǒ de.
This knife is for cutting fruit.
周末我用来学汉语。
zhōu mò wǒ yòng lái xué hàn yǔ.
I spend my weekends studying Chinese.
这个房间用来开会。
zhè ge fáng jiān yòng lái kāi huì.
This room is used for meetings.
Easily confused
- 用于 — 用来 + verb; 用于 + noun, more formal.
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Stroke order
DỤNG · 5 strokes
to use; to employ; to have to; to eat or drink; expense or outlay; usefulness; hence; therefore
LAI · 7 strokes
to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来); ever since (as in 自古以来); for the past (amount of time); (pre
Related words
- 用 yòng — to use; to employ; to have to; to eat or drink; expense or outlay; usefulness; hence; therefore
- 作用 zuò yòng — to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 用, inhibition
- 使用 shǐ yòng — to use; to employ; to apply; to make use of
- 信用卡 xìn yòng kǎ — credit card
- 利用 lì yòng — to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize
- 费用 fèi yòng — cost; expenditure; expense
- 运用 yùn yòng — to use; to put to use
- 应用 yìng yòng — to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application; practical use; (computing) app