Dictionary › 右

右

yòu

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 character level 2 Character

右 (yòu) means "(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 右 means

1. bound formright; right-hand side
2. bound form(politics) right of center
3. bound formoldwest
4. literarythe right side as the side of precedence

Example sentences

• 向右转。
  Turn right.
• 左看右看
  Look to your left, look to your right.
• 请右转。
  Please turn to the right.
• 我在右边。
  I am on the right.
• 躺在你右边。
  Tǎng zài nǐ yòubian.
  Lie on your right side.
• 靠右侧通行。
  Kào yòucè tōngxíng.
  Keep to the right.

Words starting with 右

• 右边yòu bianright side; right, to the right
• 右手yòu shǒuright hand; right-hand side
• 右派yòu pài(political) right; right wing; rightist
• 右侧yòu cèright side
• 右翼yòu yìthe right flank; (politically) right-wing
• 右派分子yòu pài fèn zǐrightist; rightist elements
• 右面yòu miànright side
• 右倾yòu qīngright-wing; reactionary; conservative
• 右上yòu shàngupper right
• 右下yòu xiàlower right
• 右方yòu fāngright-hand side
• 右转yòu zhuǎnto turn right
• 右首yòu shǒuright-hand side
• 右前卫yòu qián wèiright forward (soccer position)
• 右对齐yòu duì qíto right justify (typography)
• 右江区Yòu jiāng QūYoujiang, a district of Baise City 百色市
• 右玉县Yòu yù XiànYouyu, a county in Shuozhou City 朔州市
• 右箭头yòu jiàn tóuright-pointing arrow
• 右箭头键yòu jiàn tóu jiànright arrow key (on keyboard)
• 右撇子yòu piě ziright-hander
• 右舵yòu duòright rudder
• 右袒yòu tǎnto take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased
• 右舷yòu xiánstarboard (of a ship)
• 右边儿yòu bian rerhua variant of 右边

Words containing 右

• 左右zuǒ yòuleft and right; nearby; approximately
• 座右铭zuò yòu míngmotto; maxim
• 反右fǎn yòuanti-rightist; abbr. for 反右派斗争
• 左顾右盼zuǒ gù yòu pànglancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
• 左右为难zuǒ yòu wéi nán(idiom) between a rock and a hard place; in a dilemma
• 左邻右舍zuǒ lín yòu shèneighbors; next-door neighbors; related work units
• 左右手zuǒ yòu shǒuleft and right hands; (fig.) capable assistant; right-hand man
• 左思右想zuǒ sī yòu xiǎngto turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles; to ponder
• 左右逢源zuǒ yòu féng yuánlit. to strike water right and left (idiom); fig. to turn everything into gold…
• 左至右zuǒ zhì yòuleft-to-right
• 巴林右Bā lín yòuBairin Right banner or Baarin Baruun khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰
• 反右运动Fǎn yòu Yùn dòngAnti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign…
• 左右两难zuǒ yòu liǎng nán(idiom) between a rock and a hard place; in a dilemma
• 左右共利zuǒ yòu gòng lìambidextrous
• 左拥右抱zuǒ yōng yòu bào(idiom) to have a girl on each arm
• 极右分子jí yòu fèn zǐextreme right-winger
• 无出其右wú chū qí yòu(idiom) matchless; without equal; there is nothing better
• 男左女右nán zuǒ nǚ yòuthe left is for males, the right is for females (traditional saying)
• 反右派斗争Fǎn yòu pài Dòu zhēngAnti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign…
• 邻右lín yòuneighbor
• 资产阶级右派zī chǎn jiē jí yòu pàibourgeois rightist faction (esp. during anti-rightist movement of 1957-58)
• 顾左右而言他gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā(idiom) to digress from the topic of discussion
• 巴林右旗Bā lín yòu qíBairin Right banner or Baarin Baruun khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰
• 科右中旗Kē yòu zhōng qíHorqin right center banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu, in Hinggan…

Characters that look like 右

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

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 方fāngsquare; power or involution (math.); upright
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 吉jílucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
• 左zuǒleft; the Left (politics); east

Sounds the same

Read yòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 又(once) again; also; both... and...
• 幼young
• 诱(literary) to induce; to entice
• 佑(bound form) to bless; to protect
• 釉glaze (of porcelain)
• 柚pomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
• 宥to forgive; to help; profound
• 鼬(zoology) weasel
• 祐(of divinity) to bless; to protect
• 囿park; to limit; be limited to
• 侑(literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink)
• 蚴larva

Where 右 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 2 Characters · Set 22 (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yòu correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.