Usefulness in Chinese
usefulness · HSK 6
用处
- 用 to use
- 处 place
这个旧盒子还有用处。 This old box is still of some use.
Other ways to say usefulness
More words with 用 or 处
How do you say usefulness in Chinese?
Usefulness in Chinese is 用处 (yòng chu). You can also say 用 (yòng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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