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悠

yōu

HSK 5 Character

What 悠 means

1. long or drawn out
2. remote in time or space
3. leisurely
4. to swing
5. pensive
6. worried

Example sentences

• 印度的历史悠久。
  Yìndù de lìshǐ yōujiǔ.
  India has a very old history.
• 柳枝在微风中轻轻荡悠。
  The willow branches swayed gently in the breeze.
• 中国历史比日本历史更悠久。
  Zhōngguó lìshǐ bǐ Rìběn lìshǐ gèng yōujiǔ.
  The history of China is older than that of Japan.
• 假期里，我度过了悠闲的日子。
  I spent idle days during the vacation.
• 京都和奈良都是历史悠久的古城。
  Jīngdū hé Nàiliáng dōu shì lìshǐyōujiǔ de gǔchéng.
  Nara is as old as Kyoto.
• 我意识到虽然中国发展得很快，中国人还有比较悠闲的生活。
  Wǒ yìshí dào suīrán Zhōngguó fāzhǎn dehěn kuài, Zhōngguórén háiyǒu bǐjiào yōuxián de shēnghuó.
  I have come to realize that China is developing quickly but the Chinese people live a relatively leisurely life.

Words starting with 悠

• 悠久yōu jiǔlong (tradition, history etc)
• 悠闲yōu xiánleisurely; carefree; relaxed
• 悠悠yōu yōulasting for ages; long drawn out; remote in time or space
• 悠然yōu ránunhurried; leisurely
• 悠扬yōu yángmelodious; mellifluous
• 悠长yōu chánglong; drawn-out; prolonged
• 悠远yōu yuǎnlong time ago; distant; far away
• 悠着yōu zheto take it easy
• 悠悠球yōu yōu qiúyo-yo (loanword)
• 悠游卡Yōu yóu KǎEasyCard (smart card used mainly for public transportation in Taiwan)
• 悠然神往yōu rán shén wǎngthoughts wandering far away
• 悠哉悠哉yōu zāi yōu zāifree and unconstrained (idiom); leisurely and carefree
• 悠哉yōu zāisee 悠哉悠哉
• 悠哉游哉yōu zāi yóu zāisee 悠哉悠哉

Words containing 悠

• 转悠zhuàn youto roll; to wander around; to appear repeatedly
• 晃悠huàng youto swing; to sway; to wobble
• 慢悠悠màn yōu yōuunhurried
• 晃晃悠悠huàng huang yōu yōuswaying; wobbling
• 忽悠hū youto rock; to sway; to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water)
• 忽忽悠悠hū hū yōu yōuindifferent to the passing of time; careless
• 历史悠久lì shǐ yōu jiǔlong-established; time-honored

Characters that look like 悠

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

• 您nínyou (courteous, as opposed to informal 你
• 惩chéngto punish; to reprimand; to warn
• 悉xīin all cases; know
• 惕tìfearful; respectful
• 捣dǎoto pound; to beat; to hull
• 恣zìto abandon restraint; to do as one pleases; comfortable (dialect)

Sounds the same

Read yōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 优excellent; superior
• 幽remote; hidden away; secluded
• 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