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yǔ

HSK 4 Character Traditional 與

What 与 means

1. (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases)
2. (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. {与他握手|yǔ tā wò shǒu} "shake hands with him", {与去年不同|yǔ qù nián bù tóng} "different from last year")
3. literaryto give; to grant; to bestow

Other readings

与 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yùto take part in
• yúvariant of {欤|yú}

Example sentences

• 参与！
  Participate!
• 我要参与。
  I want to take part.
• 与你无关！
  None of your business!
• 这与你无关。
  This has nothing to do with you.
• 我与他联系。
  I am in touch with him.
• 我们正参与。
  We're involved.

Words starting with 与

• 与其yǔ qírather than... (used in expressions of the form 与其
• 与日俱增yǔ rì jù zēngto increase steadily; to grow with each passing day
• 与此同时yǔ cǐ tóng shíat the same time; meanwhile
• 与众不同yǔ zhòng bù tóng(idiom) to stand out from the crowd; distinctive; different from the rest
• 与会yù huìto participate in a meeting
• 与时俱进yǔ shí jù jìnabreast of modern developments; to keep up with the times; progressive
• 与世隔绝yǔ shì gé juéto be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)
• 与共yǔ gòngto experience together with sb
• 与世无争yǔ shì wú zhēng(idiom) to stand aloof from worldly affairs
• 与人为善yǔ rén wéi shànto be of service to others; to help others; benevolent
• 与世长辞yǔ shì cháng cíto die; to depart from the world forever
• 与格yǔ gédative case
• 与门yǔ ménAND gate (electronics)
• 与时消息yǔ shí xiāo xivariable with the times; transient; impermanent
• 与否yǔ fǒuwhether or not (at the end of a phrase)
• 与世永别yǔ shì yǒng biéto die
• 与时间赛跑yǔ shí jiān sài pǎoto race against time
• 与全世界为敌yǔ quán shì jiè wéi dí(idiom) to fight the whole world
• 与日俱进yǔ rì jù jìnevery day sees new developments (idiom); to make constant progress
• 与生俱来yǔ shēng jù láiinherent; innate
• 与虎谋皮yǔ hǔ móu pí(lit.) to negotiate with a tiger for its pelt (idiom)…
• 与世俯仰yǔ shì fǔ yǎngto swim with the tide (idiom)
• 与日同辉yǔ rì tóng huīto become more glorious with each passing day (idiom)
• 与狐谋皮yǔ hú móu pí(idiom) to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests…

Words containing 与

• 参与cān yùto participate (in sth)
• 参与者cān yù zhěparticipant
• 无与伦比wú yǔ lún bǐincomparable
• 事与愿违shì yǔ yuàn wéithings turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
• 交与jiāo yǔto hand over
• 施与shī yǔto donate; to give; to grant
• 先天与后天xiān tiān yǔ hòu tiānnature versus nurture
• 理性与感性Lǐ xìng yǔ Gǎn xìngSense and Sensibility, novel by Jane Austen 珍·珍·奥斯汀
• 战争与和平Zhàn zhēng yǔ Hé píngWar and Peace by Tolstoy 托尔斯泰
• 岁不我与suì bù wǒ yǔTime and tide wait for no man (idiom)
• 罪与罚Zuì yǔ FáCrime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基
• 兼并与收购jiān bìng yǔ shōu gòumergers and acquisitions (M&A)
• 支与流裔zhī yǔ liú yìlit. branches and descendants; of a similar kind; related
• 荣辱与共róng rǔ yǔ gòng(of friends or partners) to share both the honor and the disgrace (idiom)
• 赠与者zèng yǔ zhěgiver
• 欲取姑与yù qǔ gū yǔ(idiom) to make concessions for the sake of future gains
• 祸福与共huò fú yǔ gòngto stick together through thick and thin (idiom)
• 鱼与熊掌yú yǔ xióng zhǎnglit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time…
• 傲慢与偏见Ào màn yǔ Piān jiànPride and Prejudice, novel by Jane Austen 珍·珍·奥斯汀
• 虚与委蛇xū yǔ wēi yí(idiom) to feign civility
• 咸与维新xián yù wéi xīneveryone participates in reforms (idiom); to replace the old with new…
• 喧哗与骚动Xuān huá yǔ Sāo dòngThe Sound and the Fury (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·威廉·福克纳
• 经济合作与发展组织Jīng jì Hé zuò yǔ Fā zhǎn Zǔ zhīOrganization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); abbr. to 经合组织
• 欧洲安全与合作组织Ōu zhōu Ān quán yǔ Hé zuò Zǔ zhīOrganization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

Characters that look like 与

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
• 乌wūcrow; black
• 匀yúneven; well-distributed; uniform

Sounds the same

Read yǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 语dialect; language; speech
• 雨rain
• 羽feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
• 屿islet
• 予(literary) to give
• 宇room; universe
• 禹Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods; surname Yu
• 瑀(chalcedony)
• 圄prison; to imprison
• 敔percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the…
• 俣big
• 龉used in 龃龉