使用

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Chinese

to make; to cause; to enable
to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
 
to use
simp. and trad.
(使用)
使

Pronunciation


Note:
  • si2 jung6 - literary, verb only;
  • sai2 jung6 - vernacular, noun or verb.
Note:
  • si2 yuung5 - verb;
  • soi2 yuung5 - noun.

Verb

使用

  1. to use; to utilize; to employ; to apply
    容易使用  ―  róngyì shǐyòng  ―  to be easy to use
    大量使用  ―  dàliàng shǐyòng  ―  heavy use
    禁止使用閃光燈 [MSC, trad.]
    禁止使用闪光灯 [MSC, simp.]
    Jìnzhǐ shǐyòng shǎnguāngdēng.
    No flash.
    不能使用  ―  Cǐ piào bùnéng shǐyòng.  ―  Ticket invalid.
    使用手機使用手机  ―  Qǐng wù shǐyòng shǒujī.  ―  Please keep your mobile phone switched off.
    火災使用電梯 [MSC, trad.]
    火灾使用电梯 [MSC, simp.]
    Yù yǒu huǒzāi qǐng wù shǐyòng diàntī.
    Do not use elevator in case of fire.

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Derived terms

Noun

使用

  1. expense; expenditure
    今次旅行使用以後使 [Cantonese, trad.]
    今次旅行使用以后使 [Cantonese, simp.]
    gam1 ci3 leoi5 hang4 si2 jung6 gam3 daai6, ji5 hau6 dou1 hai6 jiu3 haan1 di1 sai2 laa3.
    The expenditure for the trip this time was so big. From now on, we have to spend less.

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (使用):

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
使

Grade: 3
よう
Grade: 2
on'yomi kan'on

Pronunciation

Noun

使()(よう) (shiyō

  1. use, usage

Synonyms

Verb

使()(よう)する (shiyō surusuru (stem 使()(よう) (shiyō shi), past 使()(よう)した (shiyō shita))

  1. use, utilize

Conjugation

Synonyms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
使

Noun

使用 (sayong) (hangeul 사용)

  1. hanja form? of 사용 (use, usage)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
使

Verb

使用

  1. chữ Hán form of sử dụng (to use; to utilize; to employ).