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幽

yōu

HSK 4 Character

What 幽 means

1. remote
2. hidden away
3. secluded
4. serene
5. peaceful
6. to imprison
7. in superstition indicates the underworld
8. ancient district spanning Liaonang and Hebei provinces

Example sentences

• 她有幽默感。
  She has a sense of humor.
• 汤姆很幽默。
  Tom's funny.
• 你很有幽默感。
  You have a good sense of humor.
• 你相信有幽灵吗？
  Nǐ xiāngxìn yǒu yōulíng ma?
  Do you believe there are ghosts?
• 作家很有幽默感。
  The writer is very humorous.
• 幽灵突然消失了。
  The ghost vanished suddenly.

Words starting with 幽

• 幽默yōu mò(loanword) humor; humorous
• 幽灵yōu língspecter; apparition; ghost
• 幽幽yōu yōufaint; indistinct
• 幽静yōu jìngquiet; secluded; isolated
• 幽暗yōu àngloom
• 幽默感yōu mò gǎnsense of humor
• 幽雅yōu yǎserene and elegant (of a place); ethereal (of music)
• 幽深yōu shēnserene and hidden in depth or distance
• 幽会yōu huì(usually of lovers) to rendezvous in secret
• 幽怨yōu yuànhidden bitterness; secret grudge
• 幽香yōu xiāngdelicate fragrance
• 幽谷yōu gǔdeep valley
• 幽魂yōu húnghost; spirit (of the dead)
• 幽州Yōu zhōuYouzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning…
• 幽冥yōu míngdark; hell; netherworld
• 幽径yōu jìngsecluded path
• 幽微yōu wēifaint; subtle (of sound, scent etc); profound
• 幽明yōu míngthe hidden and the visible; that which can be seen and that which cannot…
• 幽浮yōu fúUFO (loanword); unidentified flying object; space ship
• 幽禁yōu jìnto place under house arrest; to imprison
• 幽绿yōu lǜmoss green; dark sea green
• 幽美yōu měi(of a location) beautiful and tranquil
• 幽门yōu ménpylorus (anatomy)
• 幽浮迷yōu fú mí(Taiwan) UFO enthusiast

Words containing 幽

• 清幽qīng yōu(of a location) quiet and secluded; beautiful and secluded
• 周幽王Zhōu Yōu wángKing You of Zhou (795-771 BC), last king of Western Zhou 西周
• 探幽发微tàn yōu fā wēito probe deeply and uncover minute details
• 棕头幽鹛zōng tóu yōu méi(bird species of China) puff-throated babbler (Pellorneum ruficeps)
• 白腹幽鹛bái fù yōu méi(bird species of China) spot-throated babbler (Pellorneum albiventre)

Characters built on 山

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

• 缶fǒupottery
• 嵝lǒumountain peak
• 岣gǒuname of a hill in Hunan

Characters that look like 幽

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

• 威wēipower; might; prestige
• 画huàto draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划
• 函hánenvelope; case; letter
• 姻yīnmarriage connections
• 姨yímother's sister; aunt
• 亟jí(literary) urgently; anxiously; earnestly

Sounds the same

Read yōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 优excellent; superior
• 悠long or drawn out; remote in time or space; leisurely
• 忧to worry; to concern oneself with; worried
• 呦Oh! (exclamation of dismay etc); used in 呦呦
• 攸distant, far; adverbial prefix
• 耰harrow
• 鄾place name
• 櫌harrow
• 麀female deer; doe; female animal