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屿

yǔ

HSK 5 Character Traditional 嶼

What 屿 means

1. islet

Example sentences

• 有海岛屿。
  There are islands in the sea.
• 一座岛屿映入眼帘。
  Yī zuò dǎoyǔ yìngrùyǎnlián.
  An island came in sight.
• 台湾是一个岛屿国家。
  Taiwan is an island nation.
• 这个岛屿位于日本的西边。
  Zhège dǎoyǔ wèiyú Rìběn de xībiān.
  The island lies to the west of Japan.
• 这座岛屿上的所有人都认识汤姆。
  Everybody on the island knows Tom.
• 从飞机上看，那是个非常美丽的岛屿。
  Cóng fēijī shàng kàn, nàshi gè fēicháng měilì de dǎoyǔ.
  Seen from a plane, that island is very beautiful.

Words containing 屿

• 岛屿dǎo yǔisland
• 鼓浪屿Gǔ làng yǔGulangyu, scenic island off Xiamen 厦门
• 大屿山Dà yǔ ShānLantau Island, an island in Hong Kong
• 秀屿区Xiù yǔ QūXiuyu, a district of Putian City 莆田市
• 彭佳屿Péng jiā yǔPengjia Island, administered as part of Chilung or Keelung 基隆
• 槟榔屿Bīng lang yǔ(old name) Penang Island, Malaysia
• 秀屿Xiù yǔsee 秀屿区

Characters that look like 屿

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

• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace
• 均jūn(bound form) equal; uniform; even; (literary) without exception; all
• 鸡jīfowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute
• 坞wù(bound form) low area within a surrounding barrier; (literary) small castle; fort
• 岖qūused in 崎岖
• 鸠jiūturtledove; (literary) to gather

Sounds the same

Read yǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 语dialect; language; speech
• 雨rain
• 羽feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
• 予(literary) to give
• 宇room; universe
• 禹Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods; surname Yu
• 瑀(chalcedony)
• 圄prison; to imprison
• 敔percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the…
• 俣big
• 龉used in 龃龉