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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

用 [yòng]

1. verb [使用] use

你们可以用这个教室。

You can use this classroom.
2. verb [需要] need

不用担心，他们很快就到了。

There's no need to worry, they'll be here soon.

我自己去就行，不用你陪着。

I'll go by myself; you don't have to come.
3. verb [消费] consume

用餐

have a meal

用茶

drink tea
4. noun [费用] [pl] expense

家用

household expenses
5. noun [用处] use

没用

useless

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

用 [yòng]

1. verb use; employ; apply

用双手

use both hands

你会不会用计算机？

Do you know how to operate a computer?

把你的剪子借我用用，好吗？

May I use your scissors?
2. verb (usually used in the negative) need

不用开灯。

There's no need to turn on the light.

不用担心。

Don't worry.
3. verb [Polite] eat; drink

请用茶。

Won't you have some tea, please.
4. noun expenses; outlay

家用

family expenses; housekeeping money

零用

spend money on minor purchases
5. noun usefulness; use

有用

useful

没用

useless; worthless

有点用

be of some use
6. preposition with; in; by

用手掰

break with one's hands

用剪子剪

cut with scissors

用火烤

bake over the fire

用水煮

boil in water

用针刺麻醉做外科手术

employ acupuncture anaesthesia in surgery

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

用 [yòng]

1. 动让人或物发挥功能，为某种目的服务

大家都用上计算机了。

大材小用。

用法。

用品。
2. 名用处；功效

旧报纸还有用。

物尽其用。

效用。

功用。
3. 名费用；花费的钱财

贴补家用。

缺少零用。
4. 动需要(多用于否定)

不用帮忙，我自己能做完。

不用说了。

这点事还用得着大家都去吗？
5. 动敬词，指吃喝

请用茶。

请用便饭。
6. 介引进动作凭借或使用的工具、手段等

用开水沏茶。

用拖拉机耕地。

用雷锋精神教育下一代。
7. 介 [文] 引进原因，相当于"因此"

用特函达。

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Examples

能省的就省，当用的还是得用。: Save what you can, but use what you must.
用耠子松土比用犁轻便多了。: It's much more convenient to loosen the soil with a hoe than with a plow.
厚窗帘用暗色的，薄窗帘用明色的。
一般人都用右手写字，有些人不然，是用左手
她用爱抚的眼光看着那个婴儿。: She looked at the baby tenderly.
她用爱怜的目光看着那些孤儿。: She looked at the orphans with love and sympathy.
用微火熬: simmer
用百折不挠的毅力去克服所有的困难: overcome all difficulties with an indomitable will
你本来用不着着急。: You needn't have worried about it.
他用通俗的笔调写了许多科学读物。: He wrote many books on science in a popular style.; 2591 more results

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花, 费 and 用

花, 费 and 用
huā, fèi and yòng

1. All three verbs mean “to spend, to use.”
(1) 他花(用/费)了两个小时才做完这道题。
Tā huā (yòng/fèi) le liǎng gè xiǎo shí cái zuò wán zhè dào tí
It took him two hours to finish.

2. All the three words can take 时间 as their object. 时间 is a general description of spending time; 花时间 indicates a special arrangement of time; 费时间 sometimes indicates an obligation to spend time on something or a waste of time.
(2) 他愿意花(用)高价来购买这幅画。
tā yuàn yì huā (yòng) gāo jià lái gòu mǎi zhè fú huà.
He is willing to spend a lot of money on that painting.

In this example, 费 cannot be used because it suggests a sense of passivity.

3. Besides, all the three words can have 钱 as their object.
(3) 就为了买这么一个东西，花 (用/费)了我两百多块钱。 jiù wèi le mǎi zhè me yí gè dōng xī, huā (yòng/fèi) le wǒ liǎng bǎi duō kuài qián.
This costs more than two thousand RMB.

4. 费 can indicate the sense of “being wasteful.” We can say 费油, 费功夫, 费衣服, etc. neither 花 nor 用 has such a meaning.
(4) 这种机器太费电了，我们应该换一种。
zhè zhǒng jī qì tài fèi diàn le, wǒ men yīng gāi huàn yì zhǒng.
This machine wastes too much electricity. We should trade it for a new one

(5) 这件事我费了很大工夫才搞定。
Zhè jiàn shì wǒ fèi le hěn dà gōng fū cái gǎo dìng.
I wasted a lot of time sorting this out.

1. 三个动词都可表示耗用。
2. 这是三个词都可带“时间” 这个宾语。 “用时间” 是一般的表述，“花时间” 常有特意安排时间的含义。而“费时间”有时含被动或浪费的意思。
这里不能用“费，”因为“费”含有被动的意思。
3. 另外，这三个词都可以带宾语“钱。”
4. “费”还可以表示用得多。可以说“费油，”“费电，”“费”等，“花”和“用”没有这个意思。

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