Meaning of yòng:

yòng

Verb

to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); (courteous) to eat; to drink

Nǐ kěyǐ yòng zhè běn shū lái xuéxí xīn de zhīshì.

你可以这本书来学习新的知识。

You can use this book to learn new knowledge.

Wǒ yòng zhè zhī bǐ xiězì.

这支笔写字。

I write with this pen.

Nǐ yòng bù yòng bāngzhù?

帮助?

Do you need help?

Lǎorénjiā, qǐng nín mànmàn yòng.

老人家,请您慢慢

Dear elder, please take your time to eat.

Noun

usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay

Zhè zhǒng gōngjù fēicháng yǒuyòng.

这种工具非常有

This tool is very useful.

Wèi le yī chǎng lǚxíng, tāmen jìhuà le suǒyǒu de yòngxiàng.

为了一场旅行,他们计划了所有的项。

For a trip, they planned all the expenses.

Conjunction

(literary) hence; therefore

Kàn dào zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng, tā xīnqíng fùzá, yòngle yī zhěng tiān qù sīkǎo.

看到这种情况,他心情复杂,了一整天去思考。

Seeing this situation, he felt complicated, hence he spent the whole day thinking.

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