用法

Chinese

		to use	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (用法)		用	法

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòngfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁶ faat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ēng-hoat / iōng-hoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòngfǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòngfǎ
    • Wade–Giles: yung⁴-fa³
    • Yale: yùng-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqfaa
    • Palladius: юнфа (junfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁶ faat³
    • Yale: yuhng faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁶ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁶ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²² faːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ēng-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: īng-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exnghoad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ³³⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: iōng-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioxnghoad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ³³⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/

Noun

用法

1. usage
2. (archaic) military tactics (usually referring to the application thereof rather than the theory)

Derived terms

• 意動用法／意动用法 (yìdòng yòngfǎ)

 

Related terms

• 方法 (fāngfǎ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (用法):

• → Japanese: 用法(ようほう) (yōhō)
• → Korean: 용법(用法) (yongbeop)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
用	法
よう Grade: 2	ほう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よーほー [yòóhóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːho̞ː]

Noun

用(よう)法(ほう) • (yōhō) 

1. usage