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尤

yóu

HSK 4 Character

What 尤 means

1. outstanding
2. particularly, especially
3. a fault
4. to express discontentment against

Other readings

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

• Yóusurname You

Example sentences

• 尤其是要有耐心。
  Above all, be patient.
• 尤巴有点夸张了。
  Yuba is exaggerating.
• 你是不是尤利乌斯？
  Are you Julius?
• 尤巴看起来很诚实。
  Yuba seems honest.
• 你尤其不该空腹喝酒。
  Nǐ yóuqí bù gāi kōngfù hē jiǔ.
  You should especially not drink on an empty stomach.
• 尤其是要注意你吃的和喝的东西。
  Yóuqí shì yào zhùyì nǐ chī de hé hē de dōngxi.
  You have to pay special attention to what you eat and drink.

Words starting with 尤

• 尤其yóu qíespecially; particularly
• 尤为yóu wéiespecially
• 尤物yóu wùrarity; rare object; rare person
• 尤文图斯Yóu wén tú sīJuventus, Italian football team
• 尤德Yóu déSir Edward Youde (1924-1986), British diplomat, ambassador to Beijing 1974-1978, governor…
• 尤指yóu zhǐespecially; particularly
• 尤金Yóu jīn(name) Eugene
• 尤其是yóu qí shìespecially; most of all; above all
• 尤加利yóu jiā lìeucalyptus (loanword)
• 尤卡坦Yóu kǎ tǎnYucatan (Mexican province)
• 尤克里里yóu kè lǐ lǐukulele (loanword)
• 尤利西斯Yóu lì xī sīUlysses (novel)
• 尤卡坦半岛Yóu kǎ tǎn Bàn dǎoYucatan Peninsula (Mexico)
• 尤坎Yóu kǎnRjukan (city in Norway)
• 尤溪县Yóu xī XiànYouxi, a county in Sanming City 三明市
• 尤诟yóu gòushame; disgrace
• 尤里斯·伊文思Yóu lǐ sī · Yī wén sīJoris Ivens (1898-1989), Dutch documentary filmmaker and committed communist
• 尤利娅·季莫申科Yóu lì yà · Jì mò shēn kēYulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician
• 尤尔钦科Yóu ěr qīn kēYurchenko (name); Natalia Yurchenko (1965-), Russian gymnast…
• 尤溪Yóu xīsee 尤溪县

Words containing 尤

• 蚩尤Chī yóuChiyou, legendary tribal leader who was defeated and killed by the Yellow Emperor 黄帝
• 怨天尤人yuàn tiān yóu rén(idiom) to blame the gods and accuse others
• 效尤xiào yóuto follow a bad example
• 怨尤yuàn yóuresentment
• 以儆效尤yǐ jǐng xiào yóu(idiom) to warn against following bad examples; as a warning to others
• 愆尤qiān yóucrime; offense; fault

Characters that look like 尤

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

• 元yuáncurrency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary…
• 朮shùvariant of 术
• 兀wù(literary) rising to a height; towering; (literary) bald; bare; (literary) still; yet

Sounds the same

Read yóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 由to follow; from; because of; due to
• 游to swim; variant of 游
• 邮post (office); mail
• 油oil; fat; grease
• 犹as if; (just) like; just as
• 疣nodule; wart
• 铀uranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. yòu
• 猷to plan; to scheme
• 鱿(bound form) squid
• 蝣used in 蜉蝣
• 楢Quercus glandulifera
• 逌distant; joyous; satisfied