Chinese symbol for “multipurpose”
多用
duō yòng
multipurpose; having several uses
The closest CC-CEDICT match for multipurpose is 多用 (duō yòng), defined as: multipurpose; having several uses.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “multipurpose”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 多用.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 许多 (許多) | xǔ duō | many; a lot of |
| 多少 | duō shǎo | number; amount; somewhat |
| 多年 | duō nián | many years; for many years |
| 多数 (多數) | duō shù | majority; most |
| 多么 (多麼) | duō me | how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc) |
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use; to employ |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit; to make use of |
| 用户 (用戶) | yòng hù | user; consumer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “multipurpose”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.