Dictionary › 揄

揄

yú

Character

What 揄 means

1. to draw out
2. to let hanging

Example sentences

• 露西被她的祖父母揶揄。
  Lùxī bèi tā de zǔfùmǔ yéyú.
  Lucy was bantered by her grandparents.

Words starting with 揄

• 揄扬yú yángto praise; to extol; to publicize
• 揄袂yú mèito walk with the hands in one's sleeves

Words containing 揄

• 揶揄yé yúto mock; to ridicule
• 扶揄fú yúto raise high; to uphold

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
• 愈yùthe more...(the more...); to recover; to heal
• 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

Characters that look like 揄

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

• 输shūto lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute
• 摄shè(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images)…
• 梭suō(textiles) shuttle
• 棱léngsquare beam; variant of 棱
• 榆yúelm
• 捺nàto press down firmly; to suppress; right-falling stroke in Chinese characters…

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
• 愚to be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)
• 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