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柚

yòu

Character

What 柚 means

1. pomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis)
2. shaddock
3. oriental grapefruit

Example sentences

• 柚子很酸。
  Yòuzi hěn suān.
  The grapefruit tastes very sour.
• 我喜欢柚子和橘子。
  I like grapefruit and mandarins.
• 冬至时，我们泡热水澡，池中会加柚子。
  On the winter solstice we have a hot bath with yuzu citrus fruits in it.
• 有些人认为吃饭的时候吃葡萄柚会有助于减肥。
  Some people think that eating grapefruit with every meal will help you lose weight.

Words starting with 柚

• 柚子yòu zipomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
• 柚木yòu mùpomelo tree (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit

Words containing 柚

• 西柚xī yòugrapefruit
• 葡萄柚pú táo yòugrapefruit

Characters built on 由

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

• 油yóuoil; fat; grease
• 邮yóupost (office); mail
• 抽chōuto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole…
• 轴zhóuaxis; axle; spool (for thread)
• 宙zhòueternity; (geology) eon
• 铀yóuuranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. yòu
• 釉yòuglaze (of porcelain)
• 鼬yòu(zoology) weasel

Characters that look like 柚

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

• 抽chōuto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole…
• 袖xiùsleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
• 祉zhǐfelicity
• 轶yì(bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)…
• 拗ào(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
• 妯zhóuused in 妯娌

Sounds the same

Read yòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 又(once) again; also; both... and...
• 右(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center…
• 幼young
• 诱(literary) to induce; to entice
• 佑(bound form) to bless; to protect
• 釉glaze (of porcelain)
• 宥to forgive; to help; profound
• 鼬(zoology) weasel
• 祐(of divinity) to bless; to protect
• 囿park; to limit; be limited to
• 侑(literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink)
• 蚴larva