1 to use

2 to employ

3 to apply

4 to make use of

1 way

2 manner

3 style

4 mode

5 pattern

6 classifier: 个 gè

1 mode

2 method

3 pattern

1 formal

2 official

1 to use

2 to employ

3 to have to

4 to eat or drink

5 expense or outlay

6 usefulness

7 hence

8 therefore

1 to do two things at once (idiom)

2 to multitask

3 to divide one's attention

1 to have an ulterior motive (idiom)

1 to have no other use or purpose (idiom)

1 obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)

1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)

2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter

3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]