Talk:用
Latest comment: 17 years ago by Robert Ullmann in topic What happened to significance of written form of character?
Meaning edit
Can this also mean "need" or "necessary"? Badagnani 04:29, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
- Yes it can, when used in the negative (不用).
- 不用吃那么多[1]
- no need to eat so much!
A-cai 06:32, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Thank you; could you add this to the definitions in the character's entry? Badagnani 07:46, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
- It's on my list, I just finished with the f's for beginning Mandarin (for compounds, now I have to go back and do single Han entries). On to the g's...
What happened to significance of written form of character? edit
What happened to the significance of the written form of this character? This would seem to be of great educational importance. Badagnani 08:28, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
- This entry has never had any etymological information. Robert Ullmann 12:13, 9 November 2006 (UTC)