有用
yǒu yòng
Pinyin

Definition

有用
 - 
yǒu yòng
  1. useful

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

有
yǒu
  1. 1 to have
  2. 2 there is
  3. 3 there are
  4. 4 to exist
  5. 5 to be
没有
méi yǒu
  1. 1 haven't
  2. 2 hasn't
  3. 3 doesn't exist
  4. 4 to not have
  5. 5 to not be
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
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 (20)

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
一无所有
yī wú suǒ yǒu
  1. 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
  2. 2 without two sticks to rub together
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
上有天堂，下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven

Sample Sentences

天生我才必有用。
tiānshēng wǒ cái bì yǒuyòng 。
Everyone has his/her own talent.
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遇到小F样的前台奇葩，把惜墨如金发展到极致，多一个字都懒得再说，去办事前，得先在网上弄清相关手续，最好自食其力做足功课，别指望从小F嘴里抠出一个有用的字。
yùdào xiǎo F yàng de qiántái qípā ，bǎ xímòrújiān fāzhǎn dào jízhì ，duō yī ge zì dōu lǎndé zàishuō ，qù bànshì qián ，děi xiān zài wǎngshàng nòngqīng xiāngguān shǒuxù ，zuìhǎo zìshíqílì zuòzú gōngkè ，bié zhǐwàng cóngxiǎo F zuǐlǐ kōuchū yī ge yǒuyòng de zì 。
Or meeting the weird Little F person at the front desk, who is stingy to the extreme with their words, too lazy to say more than one word, before starting the paperwork, you must first clearly understand the relevant procedures online, it's best to do your own homework and not expect to dig out one useful word from Little F's mouth.
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能不能别总在那儿一本正经地胡说八道，说点有用的，我自问也是挺努力上进的人，明明知道这辈子要出人头地应该是没指望了，可是内心却还是有点儿小悸动渴望着功成名就呀。
néngbùnéng bié zǒng zài nàr yīběnzhèngjing de húshuōbādào ，shuō diǎnr yǒuyòngde ，wǒ zì wèn yě shì tǐng nǔlì shàngjìn de rén ，míngmíng míng zhīdào zhèbèizi yào chūréntóudì yīnggāi shì méi zhǐwàng le ，kěshì nèixīn què háishì yǒudiǎnr xiǎo jìdòng kěwàng zhe gōngchéngmíngjiù ya 。
Can you not with the deadpan nonsense? Say something useful. Asking questions of myself is also me trying my best to improve myself. Although I'm clear in the knowledge that in this lifetime I've got no hope of standing out, inside I still have hunger for success and fame.
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什么？前两招都没用了，这招还有用吗？
shénme ？qián liǎng zhāo dōu méiyòng le ，zhè zhāo hái yǒuyòng ma ？
What? The first two strategies were of no use, so how will this one be any use?
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前两招都没用了，这一招还会有用吗？
qián liǎng zhāo dōu méiyòng le ，zhè yī zhāo hái huì yǒuyòng ma ？
If the first two strategies didn't work, will this one?
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花招（好看、漂亮但是没有用的动作；骗人的手段或办法）
huāzhāo （hǎokàn 、piàoliang dànshì méiyǒuyòng de dòngzuò ；piànrén de shǒuduàn huò bànfǎ ）
a fancy move; pretty but useless moves; method or ways to scam someone.
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她两分钟前就站在那里了，怎么劝都没有用，一直喃喃自语说什么生有何欢、一死百了...
tā liǎng fēnzhōng qián jiù zhàn zài nàlǐ le ，zěnme quàn dōu méiyǒuyòng ，yīzhí nánnánzìyǔ shuō shénme shēng yǒu hé huān 、yīsǐbǎiliǎo ...
She's been standing there for two minutes already, there's no use trying to talk her down. She keeps on mumbling about how life is joyless and that death settles all accounts...
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事情都已经发生了，自责也没有用，更何况这又不是我们的错，门窗都上锁了，偷儿厉害，我们也没办法。
shìqing dōu yǐjīng fāshēng le ，zìzé yě méiyǒuyòng ，gèng hékuàng zhè yòu búshì wǒmen de cuò ，ménchuāng dōu shàngsuǒ le ，tōuér lìhai ，wǒmen yě méi bànfǎ 。
What's done is done, there's no use blaming ourselves, especially when it's not even our fault. The doors and windows were locked, there's nothing we could have done against a skilled thief.
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好，这次我听你的，可是要是你的做法没有用，下次就要用我的办法。
hǎo ，zhècì wǒ tīng nǐ de ，kěshì yàoshì nǐ de zuòfǎ méiyǒuyòng ，xiàcì jiùyào yòng wǒ de bànfǎ 。
OK, we'll do it your way this time, but if your way doesn't work, next time we'll do it my way.
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都说过几次了？有用吗？这是态度的问题，老是不用心，也不想想事情的严重性。
dōu shuō guò jǐcì le ？yǒuyòng ma ？zhè shì tàidu de wèntí ，lǎoshi bù yòngxīn ，yě bù xiǎngxiang shìqing de yánzhòngxìng 。
How many times have I told them already? Is there any use? It's a problem of attitude, they don't take enough care and don't see how important it is.
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