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优雅

yōu yǎ

2-character word Traditional 優雅

What 优雅 means

1. grace
2. graceful

The characters in 优雅

• 优yōuexcellent; superior
• 雅yǎelegant

Example sentences

• 优雅！
  Classy!
• 她举止优雅。
  Tā jǔzhǐ yōuyǎ.
  She is graceful.
• 她看上去十分优雅。
  Tā kànshangqu shífēn yōuyǎ.
  She looks very elegant.
• 我们必须学会优雅地面对逆境。
  Wǒmen bìxū xuéhuì yōuyǎ de miànduì nìjìng.
  We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.
• 加布里埃尔看着一群天鹅在湖面上优雅地游着。
  Gabriel watched a family of swans gliding gracefully on the lake.
• 比起歌舞伎，我更喜欢能乐表演，因为我觉得后者比前者优雅。
  Bǐqǐ gēwǔjì, wǒ gèng xǐhuan néngyuè biǎoyǎn, yīnwèi wǒ juéde hòuzhě bǐ qiánzhě yōuyǎ.
  I prefer Noh to Kabuki because I find the former to be more elegant than the latter.

Sounds the same

Read yōu yǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 幽雅serene and elegant (of a place); ethereal (of music)