Dictionary › 愈

愈

yù

HSK 6 Character

What 愈 means

1. the more...(the more...)
2. to recover
3. to heal
4. better

Other readings

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

• yùvariant of {愈|yù}; to heal

Example sentences

• 她痊愈了。
  She has got over her illness.
• 她大病初愈。
  Tā dàbìng chū yù.
  She recovered from her long illness.
• 医生治愈我。
  Doctor, cure me.
• 风愈吹愈猛。
  The wind is picking up.
• 他会痊愈的。
  He'll recover.
• 祝你早日痊愈!
  Zhù nǐ zǎorì quányù!
  I wish you a speedy recovery.

Words starting with 愈

• 愈来愈yù lái yùmore and more
• 愈发yù fāall the more; increasingly
• 愈加yù jiāall the more; even more; further
• 愈合yù hé(of a wound) to heal
• 愈演愈烈yù yǎn yù lièever more critical; problems get more and more intense
• 愈益yù yìincreasingly; more and more
• 愈复yù fùrecovery (after illness)
• 愈伤组织yù shāng zǔ zhī(botany) callus
• 愈描愈黑yù miáo yù hēisee 越描越黑

Words containing 愈

• 治愈zhì yùto cure; to restore to health; uplifting; heartwarming
• 痊愈quán yùto recover completely (from illness or injury)
• 每况愈下měi kuàng yù xiàto steadily deteriorate
• 韩愈Hán YùHan Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文运动
• 病愈bìng yùto recover (from an illness)
• 疗愈liáo yùto heal; therapy
• 自愈zì yùto heal oneself; to repair itself; self-healing
• 治愈系zhì yù xìuplifting; rejuvenating; heartwarming
• 不治而愈bù zhì ér yùto recover spontaneously (from an illness); to get better without medical treatment
• 霍然而愈huò rán ér yùto recover speedily (idiom); to get better quickly
• 全愈quán yùvariant of 痊愈
• 每下愈况měi xià yù kuàngsee 每况愈下

Characters built on 俞

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

• 输shūto lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute
• 愉yúpleased
• 逾yúto exceed; to go beyond; to transcend
• 瑜yúexcellence; luster of gems
• 喻yùto describe sth as; an analogy; a simile
• 谕yùorder (from above)
• 渝yú(literary) (of faith, affection etc) to change; to waver (usu. in 不渝
• 榆yúelm

Characters that look like 愈

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

• 最zuì(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 裔yì(bound form) descendants; (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 华裔; (literary) distant lands
• 焦jiāoburnt; scorched; charred
• 禽qín(bound form) birds; fowl; (literary) birds and animals; old variant of 擒
• 翕xīto open and close (the mouth etc); friendly; compliant

Sounds the same

Read yù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 育to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
• 遇(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…
• 预to advance; in advance; beforehand
• 域field; region; area
• 寓(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling…
• 欲desire; appetite; passion
• 玉jade
• 豫happy; carefree; at one's ease
• 浴bath; to bathe
• 吁to implore
• 狱prison
• 誉to praise; to acclaim; reputation