HSK 5 · Ideas

用途 yòngtú “use” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 用途 means

  1. use
  2. application

How to say 用途

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale用yòng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale途tú2nd tone, rising

用途 in a sentence

  1. 文字处理软件和电脑不同的是，它只有一个用途。

    Wénzì chǔlǐ ruǎnjiàn hé diànnǎo bùtóng de shì, tā zhǐyǒu yí ge yòngtú.

    Unlike a computer, a word processor has only one use.

    Sentence #363991 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 用途 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 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.

The character 途 (tú) with each of its parts in a different colour
途túway
  • 余surplus · yúSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 余 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with tú.

How to write 用途

用 5 strokes · 途 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 用途

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

Words with 途

长途chángtú · long distance前途qiántú · prospects途径tújìng · way半途而废bàntú'érfèi · to give up halfway

More words: Ideas & Concepts

性质xìngzhì · nature样式yàngshì · type意义yìyì · sense因素yīnsù · element优势yōushì · superiority原则yuánzé · principle整体zhěngtǐ · whole种类zhǒnglèi · kind

FAQs

用途 (yòngtú) means “use” or “application”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yòngtú: yòng with a 4th tone, then tú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 用途 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yongtu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 用途 from the suggestions. Typing yongtu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
用途 is an HSK 5 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.