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

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

to use it with an aim to

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 用嚟

Preposition

用來

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.

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