Chinese symbol for “useable”

用得着

yòng de zháo

Traditional: 用得著

to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to

The closest CC-CEDICT match for useable is 用得着 (yòng de zháo), defined as: to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to.

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Characters and stroke order

用 yòng

to use, to employ, to apply; use

radical 101 ⽤ · 5 strokes

得 de

to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready

radical 60 ⼻ · 11 strokes

着 zháo

to make a move, to take action

radical 109 ⽬ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

著 zháo

Other Chinese words for “useable”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
合用	hé yòng	to share; to use in common

Related words

Other words that share a character with 用得着.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
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
采用 (採用)	cǎi yòng	to adopt; to employ
应用 (應用)	yìng yòng	to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc)
作用	zuò yòng	to act on; to affect; action; function; activity
觉得 (覺得)	jué de	to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
获得 (獲得)	huò dé	to obtain; to receive; to get
随着 (隨著)	suí zhe	along with; in the wake of

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.