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娱

yú

HSK 5 Character Traditional 娛

What 娱 means

1. to amuse

Example sentences

• 村里没啥娱乐活动。
  There are not many amusements in the village.
• 她在看一本娱乐杂志。
  Tā zài kàn yī běn yúlè zázhì.
  She is reading one entertainment magazine.
• 她刚刚买了两本娱乐杂志。
  She just bought two entertainment magazines.
• 澳大利亚人擅长体育和娱乐。
  Australians excel at sports and entertainment.
• 在一个地方有你想要的所有娱乐。
  Zài yī gè dìfang yǒu nǐ xiǎngyào de suǒyǒu yúlè.
  All your entertainment in one place.
• 韩国的娱乐文化在全球都很受欢迎。
  Korean entertainment culture is popular worldwide.

Words starting with 娱

• 娱乐yú lèto entertain; to amuse; entertainment
• 娱遣yú qiǎnamusement
• 娱乐场yú lè chǎngplace of entertainment; casino; resort
• 娱乐界yú lè jièthe entertainment world; show business
• 娱乐中心yú lè zhōng xīnamusement park; recreation center; entertainment center
• 娱乐场所yú lè chǎng suǒplace of entertainment
• 娱乐圈yú lè quānthe entertainment world; show business

Words containing 娱

• 自娱zì yúto amuse oneself
• 文娱wén yúcultural recreation; entertainment
• 欢娱huān yúto amuse; to divert; happy
• 内娱nèi yúmainland China's entertainment industry
• 自娱自乐zì yú zì lèto entertain oneself

Characters built on 吴

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

• 误wùmistake; error; to miss
• 虞yú(literary) to expect; to anticipate; (literary) to be concerned about…
• 蜈wúused in 蜈蚣
• 俣yǔbig

Characters that look like 娱

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

• 娘niángmother; young lady; (colloquial) effeminate
• 姨yímother's sister; aunt
• 栽zāito plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb
• 娟juānbeautiful; graceful
• 娼chāngprostitute
• 娓wěiused in 娓娓

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
• 余(literary) I; me; variant of 余
• 愉pleased
• 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…