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English translations
to use, to exercise, to make use of, to put to use
Chinese characters:
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使用 ( shiyong / shĭyòng ) is composed of these characters:
使 (shi)
, 用 (yong)
The traditional Chinese characters of shĭyòng are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 使用 ( shiyong / shĭyòng ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication. If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ŏ, ù).
Zai Taiwan renmen shiyong fantizi.
Zài Táiwān rēnmen shĭyòng fántĭzì. – English translation: People use traditional Chinese characters in Taiwan.
Tags and additional information (Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
to send | usefulness
使用 ( shiyong / shĭyòng ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 447)
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All words in this dictionary (more to come) were taken from the multimedia Chinese learning software Han Trainer Pro. This Chinese-English dictionary is currently under development.