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与 (yǔ) means "and; together with; to give". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.
What 与 means
- (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases)
- (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")
- literaryto give; to grant; to bestow
How 与 is used in grammar
与 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.
The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 4, conjunctions (连接词或词组); level 4, prepositions (引出对象).
Other readings
Example sentences
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参与！Participate!
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我要参与。I want to take part.
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与你无关！None of your business!
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这与你无关。This has nothing to do with you.
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我与他联系。I am in touch with him.
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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
Where 与 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Functional words & particles (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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