并用

並用

bìngyòng

verb #33,387

Meanings

1 to use together
2 to use simultaneously; to use in combination

Characters

together; and; simultaneously

Examples

两种药不能并用，会有副作用。

Liǎng zhǒng yào bùnéng bìngyòng, huì yǒu fùzuòyòng.

These two medicines can't be used together — they'll cause side effects.

他手脚并用，爬上了山顶。

Tā shǒujiǎo bìngyòng, pá shàng le shāndǐng.

Using both hands and feet, he climbed to the top of the mountain.

Tips

usage

Often appears in fixed two-thing patterns: 手脚并用 'using both hands and feet', 软硬并用 'using soft and hard tactics together', 中西医并用 'combining Chinese and Western medicine'.

Stroke Order

并 bìng

用 yòng