HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Adjectives

有用 yǒuyòng “useful” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 有用 means

  1. useful

How to say 有用

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale有yǒu3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale用yòng4th tone, falling

有用 in a sentence

  1. 这个网站很有用。

    Zhè ge wǎngzhàn hěn yǒuyòng.

    This website is very useful.

    Sentence #440111 from Tatoeba

  2. 这本书对你有用。

    Zhè běn shū duì nǐ yǒuyòng.

    This book will be useful to you.

    Sentence #8877802 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你求他帮忙没有用。

    Nǐ qiú tā bāngmáng méi yǒuyòng.

    It’s no use asking him for help.

    Sentence #5832172 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 有用 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 有 (yǒu) drawn as one shape
有yǒuto have; there is

有 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidA hand holding a piece of meat 月: to have.

The character 用 (yòng) drawn as one shape
用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ

用 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 有用

有 6 strokes · 用 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

有用 (yǒuyòng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 有用 (yǒuyòng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 有用

Words with 有

有yǒu · to have没有méiyǒu · not to have有的yǒude · (there are) some (who are…)有些yǒuxiē · some有点儿yǒudiǎnr · slightly有时yǒushí · sometimes有意思yǒuyìsi · interesting有名yǒumíng · famous只有zhǐyǒu · only有人yǒurén · someone

Words with 用

用yòng · to use不用búyòng · no need to常用chángyòng · commonly used信用卡xìnyòngkǎ · credit card使用shǐyòng · to use作用zuòyòng · effect利用lìyòng · to make use of应用yìngyòng · to put to use运用yùnyòng · to use实用shíyòng · practical

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不行bùxíng · won’t do急jí · anxious大小dàxiǎo · size黄色huángsè · yellow常见chángjiàn · common常用chángyòng · commonly used难看nánkàn · ugly难听nántīng · unpleasant to hear

FAQs

有用 (yǒuyòng) means “useful”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it yǒuyòng: yǒu with a 3rd tone, then yòng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 有用 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type youyong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 有用 from the suggestions. Typing youyong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
有用 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.