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渝

yú

Character

What 渝 means

1. literary(of faith, affection etc) to change; to waver (usu. in {不渝|bù yú})

Other readings

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

• Yúshort name for Chongqing {重庆|Chóng qìng}; old name of Jialing River {嘉陵江|Jiā líng Jiāng} i

Words starting with 渝

• 渝水Yú shuǐold name of the Jialing River 嘉陵江; see 渝水区
• 渝中区Yú zhōng QūYuzhong, the central district of Chongqing 重庆
• 渝水区Yú shuǐ QūYushui, a district of Xinyu City 新余市
• 渝中Yú zhōngsee 渝中区

Words containing 渝

• 不渝bù yú(literary) (of loyalty, affection etc) unchanging; unwavering; constant
• 周渝民Zhōu Yú mínZhou Yumin or Vic Zhou (1981-), Taiwan singer and actor, member of pop group F4
• 成渝Chéng YúChengdu 成都 and Chongqing 重庆
• 坚持不渝jiān chí bù yúto stick to sth without change (idiom); to persevere
• 坚贞不渝jiān zhēn bù yúunyielding integrity (idiom); unwavering
• 始终不渝shǐ zhōng bù yúunswerving; unflinching
• 忠贞不渝zhōng zhēn bù yúunswerving in one's loyalty (idiom); faithful and constant

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)
• 榆yúelm

Characters that look like 渝

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
• 棱léngsquare beam; variant of 棱
• 淤yūsilt; river sludge; to silt up
• 榆yúelm
• 捺nàto press down firmly; to suppress; right-falling stroke in Chinese characters…
• 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
• 予(archaic) I; me
• 瑜excellence; luster of gems
• 虞(literary) to expect; to anticipate; (literary) to be concerned about…