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优

yōu

HSK 4 Character Traditional 優

What 优 means

1. excellent
2. superior

Example sentences

• 优雅！
  Classy!
• 优秀。
  Excellent.
• 女士优先。
  Nǚshìyōuxiān.
  Ladies first.
• 女士优先!
  Nǚshì yōuxiān!
  Ladies first!
• 她举止优雅。
  Tā jǔzhǐ yōuyǎ.
  She is graceful.
• 他各科全优。
  He won the prize for excellence in all subjects.

Words starting with 优

• 优秀yōu xiùoutstanding; excellent
• 优点yōu diǎnmerit; benefit; strong point
• 优势yōu shìsuperiority; dominance; advantage
• 优惠yōu huìprivilege; favorable (terms); preferential (treatment)
• 优美yōu měigraceful; fine; elegant
• 优先yōu xiānto have priority; to take precedence
• 优异yōu yìexceptional; outstandingly good
• 优越yōu yuèsuperior; superiority
• 优胜劣汰yōu shèng liè tài(idiom) survival of the fittest
• 优雅yōu yǎgrace; graceful
• 优质yōu zhìexcellent quality
• 优化yōu huàto optimize; (corporate euphemism) to lay off staff
• 优良yōu liángfine; good; first-rate
• 优劣yōu liègood and bad; merits and drawbacks
• 优待yōu dàipreferential treatment; to give preferential treatment
• 优于yōu yúto surpass
• 优厚yōu hòugenerous, liberal (pay, compensation)
• 优惠券yōu huì quàncoupon
• 优胜yōu shèng(of a contestant) winning; superior; excellent
• 优缺点yōu quē diǎnadvantages and disadvantages; pros and cons; merits and shortcomings
• 优柔寡断yōu róu guǎ duànindecisive; irresolute
• 优等生yōu děng shēngtop student; outstanding student; standout performer
• 优选yōu xuǎnto optimize; preferred
• 优格yōu gé(loanword) yogurt

Words containing 优

• 葛优Gě YōuGe You (1957-), Chinese actor
• 最优zuì yōuoptimal; optimum
• 品学兼优pǐn xué jiān yōuexcelling both in morals and studies (idiom); top marks for studies and for behavior…
• 占优势zhàn yōu shìto predominate; to occupy a dominant position
• 养尊处优yǎng zūn chǔ yōuto live like a prince (idiom)
• 名优míng yōuexcellent quality; outstanding (product); abbr. for 名牌优质
• 全优quán yōuoverall excellence
• 女优nǚ yōu(old) actress; adult film actress; AV actress
• 从优cóng yōupreferential treatment; most favored terms
• 资优zī yōu(Taiwan) (of a student) gifted
• 最优化zuì yōu huàoptimization (math.)
• 最优解zuì yōu jiěoptimal solution
• 资优生zī yōu shēngbrilliant student
• 创优chuàng yōuto strive for excellence
• 女士优先nǚ shì yōu xiānLadies first!
• 声优shēng yōuvoice actor (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 声優 "seiyū")
• 负优化fù yōu huàto degrade the performance of a sold product via a system update
• 资优班zī yōu bān(Taiwan) class composed of gifted students
• 占优zhàn yōuto dominate; dominant
• 被优化掉bèi yōu huà diàoto be made redundant
• 顶端优势dǐng duān yōu shì(botany) apical dominance
• 绩优股jì yōu gǔgilt-edged stock; blue chip stock
• 兼优jiān yōuan all-rounder; good at everything
• 帕累托最优Pà lèi tuō zuì yōuPareto efficiency (economics); Pareto optimality

Characters built on 尤

These share the phonetic component 尤 (yóu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 犹yóuas if; (just) like; just as
• 忧yōuto worry; to concern oneself with; worried
• 鱿yóu(bound form) squid
• 疣yóunodule; wart

Characters that look like 优

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

• 犹yóuas if; (just) like; just as
• 扰rǎoto disturb
• 忧yōuto worry; to concern oneself with; worried
• 伏fúto lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush)
• 沈shěn(literary) juice
• 伉kàngspouse; big and tall; strong

Sounds the same

Read yōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 幽remote; hidden away; secluded
• 悠long or drawn out; remote in time or space; leisurely
• 忧to worry; to concern oneself with; worried
• 呦Oh! (exclamation of dismay etc); used in 呦呦
• 攸distant, far; adverbial prefix
• 耰harrow
• 鄾place name
• 櫌harrow
• 麀female deer; doe; female animal