用来

yòng lái · yong lai

Traditional 用來

Meaning

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  1. to be used for

In a sentence

2 examples
01

那(nà)就(jiù)是(shì)那(nà)台(tái)他(tā)用(yòng)来(lái)写(xiě)文(wén)章(zhāng)的(de)电(diàn)脑(nǎo)。

That's the computer he used to write the article.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Mouseneb · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)毒(dú)药(yào)用(yòng)来(lái)治(zhì)蟑(zhāng)螂(láng)很(hěn)有(yǒu)效(xiào)。

This poison is very effective in getting rid of roaches.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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