滥用 meaning in English

lànyòng

to misuse; to abuse

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 濫用18 strokes

Meaning of 滥用

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lànyòng

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

汤tāng姆mǔ有yǒu长cháng期qī滥làn用yòng药yào物wù的de历lì史shǐ。

Tom has a long history of drug abuse.

我wǒ们men只zhǐ能néng滥làn用yòng善shàn良liáng的de。

We can only abuse of things that are good.

国guó王wáng滥làn用yòng权quán力lì。

The king abused his power.

他tā因yīn滥làn用yòng公gōng共gòng基jī金jīn而ér被bèi捕bǔ。

He was arrested for abusing public funds.

这zhè套tào电diàn视shì剧jù里lǐ的de惊jīng察chá似sì乎hū是shì个gè滥làn用yòng职zhí权quán的de坏huài蛋dàn。

It seems that the policeman in this TV series is a dirty cop who abuses his authority.

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Words that share a character with 滥用.

不用	bùyòng	need not
有用	yǒuyòng	useful
使用	shǐyòng	to use; to employ
作用	zuòyòng	to act on; to affect; action; function; activity
信用卡	xìnyòngkǎ	credit card
常用	cháng yòng	in common usage
利用	lìyòng	to exploit; to make use of
没用	méiyòng	useless
费用	fèiyong	cost; expenditure
采用	cǎiyòng	to adopt; to employ
适用	shìyòng	to be applicable
应用	yìngyòng	to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc)

What does 滥用 mean?

滥用 (lànyòng) means "to misuse; to abuse" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 滥用?

滥用 is made of 2 characters: 滥 (13 strokes), 用 (5 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 滥用 an HSK word?

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

How is 滥用 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 滥用 is written 濫用.