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愚

yú

HSK 6 Character

What 愚 means

1. to be stupid
2. to cheat or deceive
3. me or I (modest)

Example sentences

• 你很愚蠢。
  You are stupid.
• 她愚弄了他。
  Tā yúnòng le tā.
  She fooled him.
• 愚人节快乐！
  April fools!
• 他愚蠢且荒谬。
  He is foolish and absurd.
• 我们并不愚笨。
  We are not stupid.
• 停止愚弄你自己。
  Stop making a fool of yourself.

Words starting with 愚

• 愚蠢yú chǔnsilly; stupid
• 愚昧yú mèiignorant; uneducated; ignorance
• 愚弄yú nòngto make a fool out of; to fool; to dupe
• 愚人节Yú rén jiéApril Fools' Day
• 愚民yú mínignorant masses; to keep the people in ignorance
• 愚人yú rénstupid person; ignoramus
• 愚笨yú bènstupid; clumsy
• 愚弱yú ruòignorant and feeble
• 愚意yú yìmy humble opinion
• 愚蒙yú méngignorant; stupid
• 愚见yú jiànmy humble opinion
• 愚鲁yú lǔdull-witted; foolish
• 愚不可及yú bù kě jíimpossibly stupid
• 愚公移山yú gōng yí shānthe old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way
• 愚顽yú wánignorant and stubborn
• 愚妄yú wàngstupid and arrogant
• 愚昧无知yú mèi wú zhīstupid and ignorant (idiom)
• 愚氓yú méngfool; stupid person
• 愚陋yú lòuignorant and backward
• 愚懦yú nuòignorant and timid
• 愚孝yú xiàounquestioning filial piety
• 愚钝yú dùnstupid; slow-witted
• 愚拙yú zhuōclumsy and stupid
• 愚騃yú áistupid; foolish

Words containing 愚

• 大愚dà yúidiot; ignorant fool
• 治愚zhì yúto eliminate backward (unscientific) ways of thinking
• 卢泰愚Lú Tài yúRoh Tae-woo (1932-), South Korean politician, president 1988-1993
• 先天愚型xiān tiān yú xíng(old) Down syndrome; trisomy 21
• 大智如愚dà zhì rú yúthe wise may appear stupid (idiom); a genius not appreciated in his own time
• 大智若愚dà zhì ruò yú(idiom) great intelligence may appear to be stupidity
• 大勇若怯，大智若愚dà yǒng ruò qiè , dà zhì ruò yúa great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid (idiom)…

Characters built on 禺

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

• 寓yù(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling…
• 遇yù(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…
• 隅yúcorner

Characters that look like 愚

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

• 愿yuànhonest and prudent; variant of 愿
• 募mùto canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 鼎dǐngancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs; pot (dialect)…
• 罂yīngearthen jar with small mouth
• 蔗zhèsugar cane
• 禀bǐngto make a report (to a superior); to give; to endow

Sounds the same

Read yú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 于to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle
• 鱼fish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼
• 余(literary) I; me; variant of 余
• 愉pleased
• 娱to amuse
• 渔fisherman; to fish
• 舆(literary) chassis of a carriage…
• 逾to exceed; to go beyond; to transcend
• 渝(literary) (of faith, affection etc) to change; to waver (usu. in 不渝
• 予(archaic) I; me
• 瑜excellence; luster of gems
• 虞(literary) to expect; to anticipate; (literary) to be concerned about…