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    Referring to usefulness with 用处 (yòngchu)

    Description & Modification
    Existence & Possession

    Structure

    有/没有 + 用处

    Explanation

    用处 (yòngchu) means "use" or "usefulness" and describes how practical or valuable something is. It often appears with 有 (have) or 没有 (not have) to express whether something is useful. For example, 没有用处 means "of no use."

    Examples

    • 学一门外语以后会有很大的用处。

      xué yì mén wàiyǔ yǐhòu huì yǒu hěn dà de yòngchù.

      Learning a foreign language will be very useful in the future.

    • 这些旧东西留着也没什么用处，不如扔了吧。

      zhèxiē jiù dōngxi liúzhe yě méi shénme yòngchù, bùrú rēng le ba.

      These old things are of no use keeping around; we might as well throw them away.

    • 你觉得这个工具对我们有用处吗？

      nǐ juéde zhège gōngjù duì wǒmen yǒu yòngchù ma?

      Do you think this tool is useful to us?

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