利用

Chinese

		advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	to use
simp. and trad. (利用)		利	用

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìyòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄩㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁶ jung⁶

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): li-yung

  (Meixian, Guangdong): li⁴ yung⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lī-iōng / lī-ēng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li⁶ êng⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìyòng → lìyong (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄩㄥˋ → ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄩㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìyo̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-yung⁵
    • Yale: lì-yung
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih.yonq
    • Palladius: лиюн (lijun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹/ → /li⁵¹ jʊŋ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁶ jung⁶
    • Yale: leih yuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁶ jung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁶ yung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²² jʊŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li-yung
    • Hakka Romanization System: li iung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li⁴ yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵ i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li-yung
    • Hakka Romanization System: li (r)iung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li⁴ yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵ (j)i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: li⁴ yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li⁵³⁻⁵⁵ iʊŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: lī-iōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixiong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² iɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /li²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³⁻²¹ iɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-ēng
    • Tâi-lô: lī-īng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² iɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li⁶ êng⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lĭ ēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵⁻¹¹ eŋ¹¹/

Verb

利用

1. to use; to utilise; to make use of

   充分利用  ―  chōngfèn lìyòng  ―  to make full use of

   合理利用  ―  hélǐ lìyòng  ―  to use appropriately; appropriate use

   大家把這個資源利用好。 [MSC, trad.]
   大家把这个资源利用好。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dàjiā bǎ zhège zīyuán lìyòng hǎo. [Pinyin]

   Everyone make good use of this resource.

   他利用假期的時間把書讀完了。 [MSC, trad.]
   他利用假期的时间把书读完了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā lìyòng jiàqī de shíjiān bǎ shū dú wán le. [Pinyin]

   He finished reading the book using time from the holiday.

2. (often derogatory) to take advantage of; to make use of; to exploit

   我被他利用了。  ―  Wǒ bèi tā lìyòng le.  ―  I was taken advantage of by him.

Synonyms

• (to use):

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• 使出 (shǐchū)
• 使用 (shǐyòng)
• 動用 / 动用 (dòngyòng)
• 取用 (qǔyòng)
• 吸納 / 吸纳 (xīnà)
• 善用 (shànyòng) (to put to good use)
• 套用 (tàoyòng) (to apply mechanically)
• 實用 / 实用 (shíyòng)
• 應用 / 应用 (yìngyòng)
• 採用 / 采用 (cǎiyòng)
• 採納 / 采纳 (cǎinà)
• 搬 (bān) (to apply mechanically)
• 搬動 / 搬动 (bāndòng)
• 施用 (shīyòng)
• 沿用 (yányòng) (to continue to use)
• 用 (yòng)
• 硬套 (yìngtào) (to apply mechanically)
• 起動 / 起动 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 運用 / 运用 (yùnyòng)
• 錄用 / 录用 (lùyòng)
• 須 / 须 (xū) (literary)

 

• (to take advantage of): 佔便宜／占便宜 (zhàn piányi)

Derived terms

• 利用率

 

Noun

利用

1. (literary) good tool; excellent instrument

Synonyms

• 利器 (lìqì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (利用):

• → Japanese: 利用(りよう) (riyō)
• → Korean: 이용(利用) (iyong)
• → Vietnamese: lợi dụng (利用)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
利	用
り Grade: 4	よう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) りよー [rìyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲijo̞ː]

Noun

利(り)用(よう) • (riyō) 

1. use, usage, utilization, application
2. exploitation, taking advantage of

Synonyms

• (usage): 使(し)用(よう) (shiyō), 活用(かつよう) (katsuyō)

Derived terms

• 利(り)用(よう)者(しゃ) (riyōsha): user
• 利(り)用(よう)価(か)値(ち) (riyōkachi): utility value

Verb

利(り)用(よう)する • (riyō suru) transitive suru (stem 利(り)用(よう)し (riyō shi), past 利(り)用(よう)した (riyō shita))

1. use, utilize
   • From the [http: / www.debian.org/intro/about.ja.html#what Debian とは一体何ですか?] ([http:, “WHAT is Debian?”) in the [http: / www.debian.org/intro/about.ja.html Debian について] ([http:, “About Debian”) homepage

     Debianは、現在Linuxカーネルを利用しています。

     Debianは、げんざいLinuxカーネルをりようしています。

     Debian wa, genzai Linux kāneru o riyō shite imasu.

     Debian is currently using the Linux kernel.

2. exploit, take advantage of

Conjugation

Conjugation of "利用する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	利用し	りようし	riyō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	利用し	りようし	riyō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	利用する	りようする	riyō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	利用する	りようする	riyō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	利用すれ	りようすれ	riyō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	利用せよ¹ 利用しろ²	りようせよ¹ りようしろ²	riyō seyo¹ riyō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	利用される	りようされる	riyō sareru
Causative	利用させる 利用さす	りようさせる りようさす	riyō saseru riyō sasu
Potential	利用できる	りようできる	riyō dekiru
Volitional	利用しよう	りようしよう	riyō shiyō
Negative	利用しない	りようしない	riyō shinai
Negative continuative	利用せず	りようせず	riyō sezu
Formal	利用します	りようします	riyō shimasu
Perfective	利用した	りようした	riyō shita
Conjunctive	利用して	りようして	riyō shite
Hypothetical conditional	利用すれば	りようすれば	riyō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• (use): 使(つか)う (tsukau)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
利	用

Noun

利用 • (iyong) (hangeul 이용)

1. hanja form^? of 이용 (“utilization”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
利	用

Verb

利用

1. chữ Hán form of lợi dụng (“to use; to utilize; to employ”).