引用 meaning in English

yǐnyòng

to quote; to cite; to recommend; to appoint

HSK 7-9verb9 strokes

Meaning of 引用

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yǐnyòng
  1. to quote; to cite
  2. to recommend; to appoint
  3. (computing) reference

引用 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā常cháng引yǐn用yòng米mǐ尔ěr顿dùn。
He often quotes Milton.
他tā经jīng常cháng引yǐn用yòng莎shā士shì比bǐ亚yà。
He often quotes from Shakespeare.
这zhè个ge引yǐn用yòng出chū自zì哪nǎ里lǐ?
Where does this quote come from?
你nǐ中zhōng文wén真zhēn好hǎo,都dōu能néng引yǐn用yòng俗sú语yǔ了le。
Your Chinese is so good, you can quote proverbs.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

引 yǐn · to draw · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

用 yòng · to use · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Related words

Words that share a character with 引用.

不用bùyòngneed not
有用yǒuyònguseful
使用shǐyòngto use; to employ
作用zuòyòngto act on; to affect; action; function; activity
信用卡xìnyòngkǎcredit card
常用cháng yòngin common usage
利用lìyòngto exploit; to make use of
没用méiyònguseless
费用fèiyongcost; expenditure
采用cǎiyòngto adopt; to employ
适用shìyòngto be applicable
应用yìngyòngto put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc)

Questions about 引用

What does 引用 mean?

引用 (yǐnyòng) means "to quote; to cite; to recommend; to appoint" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 引用?

引用 is made of 2 characters: 引 (4 strokes), 用 (5 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 引用 an HSK word?

Yes. 引用 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.