USEFUL 有用
EXCELLENT FOR USE.
Modern Chinese Criteria
APTUM, UTILE
1. C. Fronto: Aptum loco venit, et tempori; utile usus fecit.
[col. 10A] Ibid. Vat. et utile quid interest? Et ita in singulis differentiis addit quid interest. [AREV.]
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1. Inter Aptum et utile. Aptum ad tempus, utile ad perpetuum.
UTILITAS
Words (9 items)
用 yòng OC: k-loŋs MC: ji̯oŋ 7 Attributions
- Word relations
- Contrast: 宜/APPROPRIATE
The current general word for appropriateness of any kind is yí 宜 (ant.* fáng 妨 "contravene standards, be inappropriate"). [GENERAL] - Contrast: 才 / 材/TALENT
The standard word for an unusual promising ability to perform important future tasks of any kind is cái 才/材, and the talents referred to by this word do not need to be of a "higher" kind.
- Syntactic words
- nabfeatureusefulness
- vadNuseful
- vt+prep+Nbe useful at time N;
- vtoNreflexive.自be useful to (oneself) ???
資用 zī yòng OC: sti k-loŋs MC: tsi ji̯oŋ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPadNusefully provided
為用 wéi yòng MC: hjweH yowngH OC: ɢʷal k-loŋs 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPabusefulness (compare 為人,為物 etc)CH
可用 kě yòng MC: khaX yowngH OC: khlaalʔ k-loŋs 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPibe usefulCH
材 cái MC: dzoj OC: sɡɯɯ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- nababstractusefulnessCH
有用 yǒu yòng MC: hjuwX yowngH OC: ɢʷɯʔ k-loŋs 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VP[adN]what is usefulCH
利 lì OC: rids MC: li 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vibe useful
Click here to add pinyin MC: OC: 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPabusefulness (compare 為人,為物 etc)CH
中用 zhòng yòng OC: krluŋs k-loŋs MC: ʈuŋ ji̯oŋ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPi-Vbe fit to use > be useful for V-ing