HSK 6 · Verbs

引用 yǐnyòng “to quote” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 引用 means

  1. to quote
  2. to cite
  3. to recommend
  4. to appoint
  5. (computing) reference

How to say 引用

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale引yǐn3rd 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

引用 in a sentence

  1. 你中文真好，都能引用俗语了。

    Nǐ Zhōngwén zhēn hǎo, dōu néng yǐnyòng súyǔ le.

    Your Chinese is so good you can even quote sayings.

    Sentence #1102172 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这个引用出自哪里？

    Zhè ge yǐnyòng chūzì nǎlǐ?

    Where does this quote come from?

    Sentence #12422317 from Tatoeba

  3. 他经常引用莎士比亚。

    Tā jīngcháng yǐnyòng Shāshìbǐyà.

    He often quotes Shakespeare.

    Sentence #771328 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 引用 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 引 (yǐn) with each of its parts in a different colour
引yǐnto draw
  • 弓bow · gōng
  • 丨line · gǔn
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 引用

引 4 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.

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

Words related to 引用

Words with 引

吸引xīyǐn · to attract引起yǐnqǐ · to give rise to引导yǐndǎo · to guide引擎yǐnqíng · engine

Words with 用

用yòng · to use不用búyòng · no need to有用yǒuyòng · useful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

More words: Thinking & Talking

演绎yǎnyì · to deduce验证yànzhèng · to verify意料yìliào · expectation隐瞒yǐnmán · to conceal意识yìshi · consciousness意味着yìwèizhe · to mean拥护yōnghù · to support预料yùliào · to expect

FAQs

引用 (yǐnyòng) means “to quote” or “to cite”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yǐnyòng: yǐn 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. 引用 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yinyong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 引用 from the suggestions. Typing yinyong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
引用 is an HSK 6 word in the 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.