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余

yú

HSK 5 Character

What 余 means

1. literaryI; me
2. variant of {余|yú}

Other readings

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

• yúextra; surplus; remaining
• Yúsurname Yu

Example sentences

• 现在有剩余。
  Xiànzài yǒu shèngyú.
  Now there is some left over.
• 心有余而力不足。
  Xīnyǒuyú'érlìbùzú.
  The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
• 还有多余的盐吗？
  Is there any salt left?
• 你有多余的钥匙吗？
  Nǐ yǒu duōyú de yàoshi ma?
  Do you have an extra key?
• 我们有多余的时间。
  Wǒmen yǒu duōyú de shíjiān.
  We have time to spare.
• 他不遗余力帮助我。
  Tā bùyíyúlì bāngzhù wǒ.
  He spared no pains to help me.

Words starting with 余

• 余地yú dìmargin; leeway
• 余额yú ébalance (of an account, bill etc); surplus; remainder
• 余下yú xiàremaining
• 余光yú guāng(out of) the corner of one's eyes; peripheral vision; residual light
• 余生yú shēngthe remaining years of one's life; survival (after a disaster)
• 余晖yú huītwilight; afterglow
• 余力yú lìenergy left over (to do sth else)
• 余音yú yīnlingering sound
• 余热yú rèresidual heat; surplus heat; waste heat; (fig.) capacity of retirees to continue to work
• 余波yú bōaftermath; repercussions; fallout
• 余震yú zhènearthquake aftershock
• 余味yú wèiaftertaste; lingering impression
• 余月yú yuèalternative term for fourth lunar month
• 余车yú chēemperor's carriage
• 余切yú qiēcotangent (of angle), written cot θ or ctg θ
• 余存yú cúnremainder; balance
• 余年yú niánone's remaining years
• 余数yú shùremainder (in division)
• 余温yú wēnresidual heat; remaining warmth; (fig.) lingering enthusiasm
• 余留yú liúremainder; fractional part (after the decimal point); unfinished
• 余码yú mǎexcess code (i.e. the unused bits in binary-coded decimal)
• 余缺yú quēsurplus and shortfall
• 余者yú zhěthe remaining people
• 余角yú jiǎocomplementary angle (additional angle adding to 90 degrees)

Words containing 余

• 其余qí yúthe rest; the others; remaining
• 业余yè yúin one's spare time; outside working hours; amateur (historian etc)
• 多余duō yúsuperfluous; unnecessary; surplus
• 剩余shèng yúto remain; to be left over; what remains; what's left
• 有余yǒu yúto have an abundance
• 课余kè yúafter school; extracurricular
• 盈余yíng yúsurplus; profit
• 不遗余力bù yí yú lìto spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
• 残余cán yúremnant; relic; residue
• 心有余悸xīn yǒu yú jìto have lingering fears; trepidation remaining after a trauma (idiom)
• 游刃有余yóu rèn yǒu yúhandling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily
• 绰绰有余chuò chuò yǒu yú(idiom) more than enough
• 一览无余yī lǎn wú yúto cover all at one glance (idiom); a panoramic view
• 茶余饭后chá yú fàn hòuleisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc)
• 空余kòng yúfree; vacant; unoccupied
• 结余jié yúbalance; cash surplus
• 富余fù yuin surplus
• 剩余价值shèng yú jià zhí(economics) surplus value
• 同余tóng yúcongruent (math.); having same residue modulo some number
• 夫余Fū yúPu'yo, Korean Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in northeast frontier region of…
• 节余jié yúto save; savings
• 同余式tóng yú shìcongruence (math.); equation for residue modulo some number
• 同余类tóng yú lèi(math) congruence class; residue class
• 新余市Xīn yú ShìXinyu, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省

Characters that look like 余

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

• 念niànto read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school)
• 舍shěto give up; to abandon; to give alms
• 奈nàiused in expressions that convey frustration and futility, such as 无奈…
• 隶lì(bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate…
• 齿chǐ(bound form) tooth; (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention
• 佘Shésurname She

Sounds the same

Read yú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 于to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle
• 鱼fish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼
• 愉pleased
• 娱to amuse
• 渔fisherman; to fish
• 愚to be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)
• 舆(literary) chassis of a carriage…
• 逾to exceed; to go beyond; to transcend
• 渝(literary) (of faith, affection etc) to change; to waver (usu. in 不渝
• 予(archaic) I; me
• 瑜excellence; luster of gems
• 虞(literary) to expect; to anticipate; (literary) to be concerned about…