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呦

yōu

Character

What 呦 means

1. Oh! (exclamation of dismay etc)
2. used in {呦呦|yōu yōu}

Example sentences

• 哎呦好难受啊，全身发痒！
  āiyōu hǎo nánshòu ā, quánshēn fāyǎng!
  Grr! I'm itchy all over, and it's driving me crazy.

Words starting with 呦

• 呦呦yōu yōu(literary; onomatopoeia) bleating of a deer

Words containing 呦

• 哎呦āi yōu(interjection of surprise, pain, annoyance etc); Oh my!; Uh-oh!

Characters built on 幼

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

• 黝yǒublack; dark green
• 蚴yòularva

Characters that look like 呦

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

• 吻wěnkiss; to kiss; mouth
• 哟yōOh! (interjection indicating slight surprise); also pr. yāo
• 呕ǒuvomit
• 哄hōngroar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd)
• 咂zāto sip; to smack one's lips; to taste
• 坳àodepression; cavity; hollow; Taiwan pr. āo

Sounds the same

Read yōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 优excellent; superior
• 幽remote; hidden away; secluded
• 悠long or drawn out; remote in time or space; leisurely
• 忧to worry; to concern oneself with; worried
• 攸distant, far; adverbial prefix
• 耰harrow
• 鄾place name
• 櫌harrow
• 麀female deer; doe; female animal