备用 (備用)
bèi yòng
Pinyin

Definition

备用 (備用)
 - 
bèi yòng
  1. reserve
  2. spare
  3. alternate
  4. backup

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

使用
shǐ yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to apply
  4. 4 to make use of
用
yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to have to
  4. 4 to eat or drink
  5. 5 expense or outlay
  6. 6 usefulness
  7. 7 hence
  8. 8 therefore
不用
bù yòng
  1. 1 need not
享用
xiǎng yòng
  1. 1 to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of)
作用
zuò yòng
  1. 1 to act on
  2. 2 to affect
  3. 3 action
  4. 4 function
  5. 5 activity
  6. 6 impact
  7. 7 result
  8. 8 effect
  9. 9 purpose
  10. 10 intent
  11. 11 to play a role
  12. 12 corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
  13. 13 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (19)

一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
别有用心
bié yǒu yòng xīn
  1. 1 to have an ulterior motive (idiom)
别无他用
bié wú tā yòng
  1. 1 to have no other use or purpose (idiom)
刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
  1. 1 obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]

Sample Sentences

我上次带我爸妈去外国旅游也是，到处找不着热开水，只好回到酒店的时候多煲一点开水备用，太不人性化了。
wǒ shàngcì dài wǒ bà mā qù wàiguó lǚyóu yě shì ，dàochù zhǎo bù zháo rèkāishuǐ ，zhǐhǎo huídào jiǔdiàn de shíhou duō bāo yìdiǎn kāishuǐ bèiyòng ，tài bù rénxìnghuà le 。
The last time I took my parents on an overseas holiday, we couldn’t find hot water everywhere. So we had to boil more water for spare use when we went back to the hotel, it was too inhuman.
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赶快开启备用数据！
gǎnkuài kāiqǐ bèiyòng shùjù ！
Open the alternate data immediately!
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给房东打电话了吗？房东那里可能有备用钥匙。
gěi fángdōng dǎ diànhuà le ma ？fángdōng nàlǐ kěnéng yǒu bèiyòng yàoshi 。
Did you give the landlord a call? The landlord might have a spare key.
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嗯，可以作为备用钥匙。
ng4 ，kěyǐ zuòwéi bèiyòng yàoshi 。
Yes, you can use it as a spare key.
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