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喻

yù

HSK 6 Character

What 喻 means

1. to describe sth as
2. an analogy
3. a simile
4. a metaphor
5. an allegory

Other readings

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

• Yùsurname Yu

Example sentences

• 不可理喻
  Bùkělǐyù
  Nonsense!
• 不言而喻。
  Bùyán'éryù.
  That goes without saying.
• 她的悲伤无法言喻。
  Tā de bēishāng wúfǎ yányù.
  No words can express her deep sorrow.
• 莎士比亚把世界比喻成一个舞台。
  Shāshìbǐyà bǎ shìjiè bǐyù chéng yī gè wǔtái.
  Shakespeare compared the world to a stage.
• 在中国，人们常把有能力的人喻为“千里马”。
  Zài Zhōngguó, rénmen cháng bǎ yǒunénglì de rén yù wèi "qiānlǐmǎ ".
  In China, talented people are often described as "ten thousand mile horses".

Words starting with 喻

• 喻世明言Yù shì Míng yánanother name for 古今小说

Words containing 喻

• 比喻bǐ yùto compare; to liken to; metaphor
• 不言而喻bù yán ér yù(idiom) it goes without saying; it is self-evident
• 家喻户晓jiā yù hù xiǎounderstood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name
• 隐喻yǐn yùmetaphor
• 不可理喻bù kě lǐ yù(idiom) impervious to reason; unreasonable
• 言喻yán yùto describe; to put into words
• 借喻jiè yùto use sth as a metaphor
• 换喻huàn yùmetonymy
• 明喻míng yùsimile
• 暗喻àn yùmetaphor
• 晓喻xiǎo yùto inform; to convince
• 理喻lǐ yùto reason with sb
• 自喻zì yùto refer to oneself as
• 转喻zhuǎn yùmetonymy
• 逆喻nì yùoxymoron
• 提喻法tí yù fǎsynecdoche
• 比喻义bǐ yù yìfigurative meaning (of a word)
• 不可言喻bù kě yán yùinexpressible (idiom)
• 借古喻今jiè gǔ yù jīnto borrow the past as a model for the present
• 讽喻fěng yùparable; allegory; satire
• 譬喻pì yùanalogy; metaphor; simile
• 风喻fēng yùsee 讽喻

Characters built on 俞

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

• 输shūto lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute
• 愉yúpleased
• 愈yùthe more...(the more...); to recover; to heal
• 逾yúto exceed; to go beyond; to transcend
• 瑜yúexcellence; luster of gems
• 谕yùorder (from above)
• 渝yú(literary) (of faith, affection etc) to change; to waver (usu. in 不渝
• 榆yúelm

Characters that look like 喻

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

• 偷tōuto steal; to pilfer; to snatch
• 啥shádialectal equivalent of 什么; also pr. shà
• 瑜yúexcellence; luster of gems
• 啮nièto gnaw; to erode
• 喙huìbeak; snout; mouth

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
• 吁to implore
• 狱prison
• 誉to praise; to acclaim; reputation