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幼

yòu

HSK 5 Character

What 幼 means

1. young

Example sentences

• 她说话幼稚。
  She talked childishly.
• 不要那幺幼稚。
  Don't be so childish.
• 萨米太幼稚了。
  Sami was so immature.
• 我们上幼儿园。
  We go to kindergarten.
• 他的思维方式很幼稚。
  Tā de sīwéi fāngshì hěn yòuzhì.
  His way of thinking is very childish.
• 母鸟叼来虫子喂幼鸟。
  Mǔ niǎo diāo lái chóngzi wèi yòu niǎo.
  The mother bird brought worms for her young ones.

Words starting with 幼

• 幼儿园yòu ér yuánkindergarten; nursery school
• 幼稚yòu zhìyoung; childish; puerile
• 幼儿yòu éryoung child; infant; preschooler
• 幼年yòu niánchildhood; infancy
• 幼小yòu xiǎoyoung; immature
• 幼女yòu nǚyoung girl
• 幼稚园yòu zhì yuánkindergarten (Tw)
• 幼时yòu shíchildhood
• 幼童yòu tóngyoung child
• 幼苗yòu miáoyoung sprout; bud; sapling
• 幼虫yòu chóng(entomology) larva
• 幼师yòu shīpreschool teacher (abbr. for 幼儿教师
• 幼子yòu zǐyoungest son; very young son
• 幼仔yòu zǎi(zoology) the young; immature offspring
• 幼妹yòu mèiyounger sister
• 幼弟yòu dìyounger brother
• 幼态yòu tàibaby-faced; having a childlike face
• 幼教yòu jiàopreschool education (abbr. for 幼儿教育
• 幼马yòu mǎyoung horse; colt; filly
• 幼体yòu tǐthe young (unborn or newborn) of an animal; larva
• 幼童军Yòu tóng jūnCub Scout
• 幼发拉底河Yòu fā lā dǐ HéEuphrates River
• 幼齿yòu chǐ(Taiwan) naive and innocent (girl or boy); underage prostitute…
• 幼兽yòu shòucub

Words containing 幼

• 自幼zì yòusince childhood; from a young age
• 年幼nián yòuyoung; underage
• 婴幼儿yīng yòu érbaby
• 男女老幼nán nǚ lǎo yòumen, women, young and old; everybody
• 妇幼fù yòuwomen and children
• 长幼zhǎng yòuolder and younger; seniority
• 育幼袋yù yòu dàipouch of a female marsupial
• 育幼院yù yòu yuànorphanage
• 尊老爱幼zūn lǎo ài yòurespect the old and cherish the young
• 黄花幼女huáng huā yòu nǚmaiden; virgin
• 扶老携幼fú lǎo xié yòutaking everyone along, young and old; to look after the elderly and the young
• 老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之幼lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo , yòu wú yòu , yǐ jí rén zhī yòuto honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's…

Characters that look like 幼

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
• 协xiéto cooperate; to harmonize; to help
• 场chǎnglarge place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play)
• 切qièdefinitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!…
• 劝quànto advise; to urge; to try to persuade
• 纫rènto thread (a needle); (bound form) to sew; to stitch; (literary) very grateful

Sounds the same

Read yòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 右(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center…
• 诱(literary) to induce; to entice
• 佑(bound form) to bless; to protect
• 釉glaze (of porcelain)
• 柚pomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
• 宥to forgive; to help; profound
• 鼬(zoology) weasel
• 祐(of divinity) to bless; to protect
• 囿park; to limit; be limited to
• 侑(literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink)
• 蚴larva