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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iōng-lâi / ēng-lâi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): êng⁷ lai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yònglái
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yònglái
    • Wade–Giles: yung⁴-lai²
    • Yale: yùng-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqlai
    • Palladius: юнлай (junlaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁶ loi⁴
    • Yale: yuhng lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁶ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁶ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²² lɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: iōng-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioxnglaai
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ³³⁻²¹ lai²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ēng-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: īng-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exnglaai
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ³³⁻²¹ lai²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: êng⁷ lai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ēng lâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /eŋ¹¹ lai⁵⁵/

Verb

用來

1. to use with an aim 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, in preparation to be used to reduce the heat in summer.

Synonyms

• 用以 (yòngyǐ)
• (Cantonese) 用嚟, 愛嚟／爱嚟