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要用

need to use; have to use, intend to use; be going to use

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phrase Common #4,014
need to use; have to use 要用 expresses that using something is necessary or required. It is followed by the thing to be used.
CH: 别人要用电话。
EN: Other people need to use the phone.

要用炸药？

Use explosives?

— 天空之城 (1986)

我们不再收现金，所有顾客都要用新身分证

We no longer accept cash, and all customers must use the new identity card.

— 巴德尔和迈因霍夫集团 (2008)

现在要用血签名

Now we need to sign in blood.

— 幸福的拉扎罗 (2018)

对，我开店要用的

Yes, I need it to open my store.

— 魔女宅急便 (1989)

要用它保护妈妈哦

Use it to protect Mommy, okay?

— 空之境界 第五章 矛盾螺旋 (2008)

难道要用命去拼吗？

Do we really have to risk our lives?

— 警察故事 (1985)

别人要用电话

Someone else needs to use the phone.

— 城市英雄 (1993)

别使用“很不快乐”，要用…来吧，奥弗斯特里特先生，说吧

Don’t say “very unhappy.” Use… Come on, Mr. Overstreet, say it.

— 死亡诗社 (1989)

我够惨的了，要用两只右手渡过永生！

I’m miserable enough as it is, and now I have to spend eternity with two right hands!

— 海上钢琴师 (1998)

他要用吸的或打针

He’ll either use an inhaler or get an injection.

— 野蛮入侵 (2003)

每天要用的英文课本你都没带

You didn't bring the English textbook you need every day.

— 那些年，我们一起追的女孩 (2011)

而且要用法语说

And it has to be said in French.

— 坠落的审判 (2023)

要用斧头破坏那么美丽的飞行艇?

Are you going to destroy such a beautiful airship with an axe?

— 红猪 (1992)

我的祖父要用拐杖才能走路。

My grandfather needs a cane to walk.

亦都要用自己双脚离开

You also have to leave on your own two feet.

— 幽灵公主 (1997)

phrase Rare #25,232
intend to use; be going to use 要用 is followed by the thing to be used, often with the purpose stated afterward.
CH: 我们要用那笔钱修理警车。
EN: We’re going to use that money to repair the police car.

或者还是要用那支大炮跟我一决胜负啊

Or are you still going to use that cannon to settle this once and for all with me?

— 天空之城 (1986)

说要用火烧我们

He said he would burn us alive.

— 安德烈·卢布廖夫 (1966)

神婆要用这壶水慢慢淋伤口

The spirit medium is going to slowly pour this pot of water over the wound.

— 幽灵公主 (1997)

我们要用那笔钱修理警车

We need to use that money to repair the police car.

— 精英部队2：大敌当前 (2010)