受用

Chinese

		to bear; to stand; to endure to bear; to stand; to endure; (passive marker); to receive	to use
simp. and trad. (受用)		受	用

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shòuyòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄩㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶ jung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siǔ-iōng / siū-iōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shòuyòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄩㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shòuyòng
    • Wade–Giles: shou⁴-yung⁴
    • Yale: shòu-yùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showyonq
    • Palladius: шоуюн (šoujun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau⁶ jung⁶
    • Yale: sauh yuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶ jung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶ yung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²² jʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siǔ-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: siǔ-iōng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu²² iɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: siū-iōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuxiong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siu²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/

Verb

受用

1. to benefit (from); to profit (from)
2. to enjoy

Synonyms

• (to benefit):

• 受益 (shòuyì)
• 得利 (délì) (literary)
• 得力 (délì) (from someone's assistance)
• 得益 (déyì)
• 沾

 

• (to enjoy):

• 享受 (xiǎngshòu)
• 享用 (xiǎngyòng)
• 受享 (shòuxiǎng) (literary)
• 消受 (xiāoshòu) (often in the negative)

 

Derived terms

• 一生受用不盡／一生受用不尽 (yīshēng shòuyòng bùjìn)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shòuyong, shòuyòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ˙ㄩㄥ, ㄕㄡˋ ㄩㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶ jung⁶
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zeu-yon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shòuyong
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ˙ㄩㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shòuyo̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: shou⁴-yung⁵
    • Yale: shòu-yung
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: show.iong
    • Palladius: шоуюн (šoujun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ jʊŋ¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shòuyòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄩㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shòuyòng
    • Wade–Giles: shou⁴-yung⁴
    • Yale: shòu-yùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showyonq
    • Palladius: шоуюн (šoujun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau⁶ jung⁶
    • Yale: sauh yuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶ jung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶ yung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²² jʊŋ²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zeu-yon
    • MiniDict: zeu^去 yon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zeu-hhion
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɤ²² ɦioŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

受用

1. (dialect) to feel comfortable (usually used in the negative)