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吁

yù

HSK 6 Character Traditional 籲

What 吁 means

1. to implore

Other readings

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

• xūsh; hush
• yùvariant of {吁|yù}

Example sentences

• 他气喘吁吁的。
  Tā qìchuǎnxūxū de.
  He was out of breath.
• 我们提出了请求支持的呼吁。
  Wǒmen tíchū le qǐngqiú zhīchí de hūyù.
  We made an appeal for support.
• 总统呼吁全国民众在对抗贫穷或疾病的时候，一定要团结一致。
  Zǒngtǒng hūyù quánguó mínzhòng zài duìkàng pínqióng huò jíbìng de shíhou, yīdìngyào tuánjié yīzhì.
  The president called on the people to unite in fighting poverty and disease.
• 游客攀登秘鲁安地斯山脉的一座山峰，历经两个小时才到达山顶，他们气喘吁吁。
  Tourists struggle for breath as they climb for two hours to reach the top of a mountain in the Peruvian Andes.
• 总统再次呼吁国会通过《薪酬公平法案》，该法案将加强《同工同酬法案》，并为女性提供更多对抗薪资歧视的工具。
  The President reiterated his call for Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act that would strengthen the Equal Pay Act and give women more tools to fight pay discrimination.

Words starting with 吁

• 吁吁xū xūto pant; to gasp for breath
• 吁请yù qǐngto implore; to entreat

Words containing 吁

• 呼吁hū yùto call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to); an appeal
• 气喘吁吁qì chuǎn xū xūto pant; to gasp for breath
• 气吁吁qì xū xūto pant; to gasp for breath
• 黑奴吁天录Hēi nú yù tiān lùUncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林纾
• 长吁短叹cháng xū duǎn tànlong moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain
• 喘吁吁chuǎn xū xūto puff and blow
• 欷吁xī xūvariant of 唏嘘

Characters built on 于

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

• 宇yǔroom; universe
• 迂yūliteral-minded; pedantic; doctrinaire
• 芋yùtaro; Colocasia antiquorum; Colocasia esculenta
• 盂yúbasin; wide-mouthed jar or pot
• 竽yúfree reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙
• 纡yūwinding; twisting
• 盱xūanxious; stare
• 玗yúsemiprecious stone; a kind of jade

Sounds the same

Read yù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 育to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
• 遇(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…
• 预to advance; in advance; beforehand
• 域field; region; area
• 寓(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling…
• 欲desire; appetite; passion
• 玉jade
• 豫happy; carefree; at one's ease
• 浴bath; to bathe
• 狱prison
• 誉to praise; to acclaim; reputation
• 熨reconciled; smooth