用來

用來

See also: 用来

Chinese

		to use	to come
trad. (用來)		用	來
simp. (用来)		用	来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yònglái

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁶ loi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yònglái
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqlai
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ʊŋ⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁶ loi⁴
    • Yale: yuhng lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁶ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁶ loi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²² lɔːi̯²¹/

Verb

用來

1. to use it with an aim to

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 用嚟

Preposition

用來

1. in order to; so as to

   她在冬天收集了許多雪水，準備夏天用來降暑。 [MSC, trad.]
   她在冬天收集了许多雪水，准备夏天用来降暑。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā zài dōngtiān shōují le xǔduō xuěshuǐ, zhǔnbèi xiàtiān yònglái jiàng shǔ. [Pinyin]

   She collected lots of snow water in winter so as to reduce the heat in summer.