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榆

yú

Character

What 榆 means

1. elm

Example sentences

• 植物园内种植了 450 多株杜鹃花，还有枫树、美国榆树和铁杉等树木，用于景观美化。
  The arboretum includes more than 450 azaleas for landscaping, but also trees like maples, American elms, and hemlocks.

Words starting with 榆

• 榆树yú shùelm
• 榆木yú mùelm; elmwood
• 榆罔Yú wǎngYuwang (c. 2000 BC), last of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝
• 榆中县Yú zhōng XiànYuzhong, a county in Lanzhou City 兰州市
• 榆林市Yú lín ShìYulin, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province 陕西省
• 榆树市Yú shù ShìYushu, a county-level city in Changchun City 长春市
• 榆次区Yú cì QūYuci, a district of Jinzhong City 晋中市
• 榆社县Yú shè XiànYushe, a county in Jinzhong City 晋中市
• 榆阳区Yú yáng QūYuyang, a district of Yulin City 榆林市
• 榆木疙瘩yú mù gē da(lit.) knot on an elm tree (idiom); (fig.) blockhead; dunce
• 榆木脑壳yú mù nǎo ké(colloquial) a blockhead; a thickhead
• 榆木脑袋yú mù nǎo dai(colloquial) thickhead; (colloquial) thick skull (i.e. the brain of a thickhead)
• 榆林Yú línsee 榆林市
• 榆中Yú zhōngsee 榆中县
• 榆次Yú cìsee 榆次区
• 榆社Yú shèsee 榆社县
• 榆阳Yú yángsee 榆阳区

Words containing 榆

• 赣榆区Gàn yú QūGanyu, a district of Lianyungang City 连云港市
• 通榆县Tōng yú XiànTongyu, a county in Baicheng City 白城市
• 榔榆láng yúChinese or lacebark elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
• 失之东隅，收之桑榆shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yúto lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom); to compensate later for one's earlier…
• 赣榆Gàn yúsee 赣榆区
• 通榆Tōng yúsee 通榆县
• 收之桑榆shōu zhī sāng yúsee 失之東隅，失之东隅，收之桑榆

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 榆

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
• 榜bǎngnotice or announcement; list of names; public roll of successful examinees
• 瑜yúexcellence; luster of gems
• 槛kǎndoor sill; threshold
• 棱léngsquare beam; variant of 棱
• 揄yúto draw out; to let hanging

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