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HSK
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to use

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

shi3 shǐ

Meaning


Primary

to use

Alternatives

use, using, used, uses

Mnemonic


[sh-] Shrek is in the [3] basement of the [-_] house, trying to help 亻 Slenderman get a 口 mouth. He places a 十 cross where the 口 mouth should be on 亻 Slendermans head, then takes a walking broom that was walking nearby and 使 uses it to start hitting the 十 cross. It's no 使 use.

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