备用
bèi yòng
Pinyin

Definition

备用
 - 
bèi yòng
  1. reserve
  2. spare
  3. alternate
  4. backup

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

使用
shǐ yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to apply
  4. 4 to make use of
用
yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to have to
  4. 4 to eat or drink
  5. 5 expense or outlay
  6. 6 usefulness
  7. 7 hence
  8. 8 therefore
不用
bù yòng
  1. 1 need not
享用
xiǎng yòng
  1. 1 to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of)
作用
zuò yòng
  1. 1 to act on
  2. 2 to affect
  3. 3 action
  4. 4 function
  5. 5 activity
  6. 6 impact
  7. 7 result
  8. 8 effect
  9. 9 purpose
  10. 10 intent
  11. 11 to play a role
  12. 12 corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
  13. 13 CL:個|个[gè]
信用
xìn yòng
  1. 1 to trust
  2. 2 credit (commerce)
  3. 3 trustworthiness
  4. 4 creditworthiness
信用卡
xìn yòng kǎ
  1. 1 credit card
备用
bèi yòng
  1. 1 reserve
  2. 2 spare
  3. 3 alternate
  4. 4 backup
利用
lì yòng
  1. 1 to exploit
  2. 2 to make use of
  3. 3 to use
  4. 4 to take advantage of
  5. 5 to utilize
好用
hǎo yòng
  1. 1 useful
  2. 2 serviceable
  3. 3 effective
  4. 4 handy
  5. 5 easy to use
家用
jiā yòng
  1. 1 home-use
  2. 2 domestic
  3. 3 family expenses
  4. 4 housekeeping money
实用
shí yòng
  1. 1 practical
  2. 2 functional
  3. 3 pragmatic
  4. 4 applied (science)
专用
zhuān yòng
  1. 1 special
  2. 2 dedicated
引用
yǐn yòng
  1. 1 to quote
  2. 2 to cite
  3. 3 to recommend
  4. 4 to appoint
  5. 5 (computing) reference
应用
yìng yòng
  1. 1 to put to use
  2. 2 to apply
  3. 3 practical
  4. 4 applied (science, linguistics etc)
  5. 5 application
  6. 6 practical use
  7. 7 (computing) app
采用
cǎi yòng
  1. 1 to adopt
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to use
有用
yǒu yòng
  1. 1 useful
服用
fú yòng
  1. 1 to take (medicine)
没用
méi yòng
  1. 1 useless
用来
yòng lái
  1. 1 to be used for

Idioms (19)

一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
别有用心
bié yǒu yòng xīn
  1. 1 to have an ulterior motive (idiom)
别无他用
bié wú tā yòng
  1. 1 to have no other use or purpose (idiom)
刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
  1. 1 obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
大材小用
dà cái xiǎo yòng
  1. 1 using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom)
  2. 2 a sledgehammer to crack a nut
宽打窄用
kuān dǎ zhǎi yòng
  1. 1 to give oneself leeway (idiom)
  2. 2 to allow room for error
感情用事
gǎn qíng yòng shì
  1. 1 to act impetuously (idiom); on an impulse
惯用语
guàn yòng yǔ
  1. 1 commonly used phrase
  2. 2 idiom
  3. 3 colloquial usage
无所用心
wú suǒ yòng xīn
  1. 1 not paying attention to anything (idiom); to idle time away
现学现用
xiàn xué xiàn yòng
  1. 1 to immediately put into practice something one has just learned (idiom)
用武之地
yòng wǔ zhī dì
  1. 1 ample scope for abilities
  2. 2 favorable position for the use of one's skills (idiom)
习惯用法
xí guàn yòng fǎ
  1. 1 idiom
习惯用语
xí guàn yòng yǔ
  1. 1 idiom
  2. 2 idiomatic expression
  3. 3 habitual form of speech (grammar)
运用自如
yùn yòng zì rú
  1. 1 to have a fluent command of (idiom)
量才录用
liàng cái lù yòng
  1. 1 to assess sb's capabilities and employ him accordingly (idiom); to employ sb competent for the task
饱食终日，无所用心
bǎo shí zhōng rì , wú suǒ yòng xīn
  1. 1 to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom)
  2. 2 to be sated with food and remain idle
养兵千日，用兵一时
yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng bīng yī shí
  1. 1 lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
养兵千日，用在一朝
yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng zài yī zhāo
  1. 1 lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off

Sample Sentences

我上次带我爸妈去外国旅游也是，到处找不着热开水，只好回到酒店的时候多煲一点开水备用，太不人性化了。
wǒ shàngcì dài wǒ bà mā qù wàiguó lǚyóu yě shì ，dàochù zhǎo bù zháo rèkāishuǐ ，zhǐhǎo huídào jiǔdiàn de shíhou duō bāo yìdiǎn kāishuǐ bèiyòng ，tài bù rénxìnghuà le 。
The last time I took my parents on an overseas holiday, we couldn’t find hot water everywhere. So we had to boil more water for spare use when we went back to the hotel, it was too inhuman.
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赶快开启备用数据！
gǎnkuài kāiqǐ bèiyòng shùjù ！
Open the alternate data immediately!
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给房东打电话了吗？房东那里可能有备用钥匙。
gěi fángdōng dǎ diànhuà le ma ？fángdōng nàlǐ kěnéng yǒu bèiyòng yàoshi 。
Did you give the landlord a call? The landlord might have a spare key.
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嗯，可以作为备用钥匙。
ng4 ，kěyǐ zuòwéi bèiyòng yàoshi 。
Yes, you can use it as a spare key.
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