使用
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
使用 (shǐyòng) · to use
使用 (shǐyòng) means “to use”. It is written with 2 characters: 使 (to make) + 用 (to use). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 使用 is built
The characters
使 shǐ · to make
What 使 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 吏lì — government official
- 丈zhàng — gentleman
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 又yòu — (once) again
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丈zhàng — gentleman
Origin hint: A person 亻 working for the government 吏 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
用 yòng · to use
What 用 is made of
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Example sentences
你会使用电脑吗？Nǐ huì shǐyòng diànnǎo ma?Can you use a computer?
这里不能使用手机。Zhèlǐ bù néng shǐyòng shǒujī.Phones can't be used here.
Questions about 使用
What does 使用 mean?
使用 (shǐyòng) means “to use”.
How do you pronounce 使用?
使用 is pronounced shǐyòng.
Which HSK level is 使用?
使用 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 大使馆dàshǐguǎnembassy
- 促使cùshǐto prompt
- 使劲shǐjìnto use force
- 即使jíshǐeven if
- 使劲儿shǐjìnrto exert oneself
- 使命shǐmìngmission
- 致使zhìshǐto cause
- 使馆shǐguǎnembassy
- 使shǐto make
- 不用bùyòngno need
Learn 使用 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 22: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.