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玉

yù

HSK 5 Character

What 玉 means

1. jade

Example sentences

• 我玉米过敏。
  I'm allergic to corn.
• 我喜欢玉米。
  I like corn.
• 我不喜欢玉米。
  Wǒ bù xǐhuan yùmǐ.
  I don't like corn.
• 这玉米很新鲜。
  This corn is fresh.
• 我用玉米搭配豇豆。
  I combined black-eyed beans with corn.
• 我买了一包冰冻玉米。
  Wǒ mǎi le yī bāo bīngdòng yùmǐ.
  I bought a bag of frozen corn.

Words starting with 玉

• 玉米yù mǐcorn; maize
• 玉兰Yù lánYulan magnolia
• 玉女yù nǚbeautiful woman; fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals; (polite) sb else's daughter
• 玉器yù qìjade artifact
• 玉石yù shíjade; jade and stone; (fig.) the good and the bad
• 玉帝yù dìthe Jade Emperor
• 玉米面yù mǐ miàncornmeal; maize flour
• 玉佩yù pèijade pendant; jade ornament
• 玉山Yù ShānMount Yu, the highest mountain in Taiwan (3952 m)
• 玉皇大帝Yù huáng Dà dìJade Emperor
• 玉人yù réna jade worker; a jade statuette; a beautiful person
• 玉成yù chéngplease help achieve something (formal)
• 玉手yù shǒulily-white hands
• 玉泉yù quánnephrite (used in TCM)
• 玉皇Yù huángJade Emperor (in Taoism)
• 玉篇Yù piānYupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顾野王
• 玉螺yù luómoon snail (sea snail of the Naticidae family)
• 玉衡Yù héngAlioth; Epsilon Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
• 玉门yù mén(literary) vaginal opening; vulva
• 玉露yù lùgyokuro (shaded Japanese green tea); (old) early-morning autumn dew; fine liquor
• 玉音yù yīn(deferential) your letter
• 玉夫座Yù fū zuòSculptor (constellation)
• 玉山县Yù shān XiànYushan, a county in Shangrao City 上饶市
• 玉州区Yù zhōu QūYuzhou, a district of Yulin City 玉林市

Words containing 玉

• 碧玉bì yùjasper
• 宝玉bǎo yùprecious jade; treasures
• 白玉bái yùwhite jade; tofu (by analogy)
• 贾宝玉Jiǎ Bǎo yùJia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu…
• 林黛玉Lín Dài yùLin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of…
• 张曼玉Zhāng Màn yùMaggie Cheung (1964-), Hong Kong actress
• 金玉jīn yùgold and jade; precious
• 黄玉huáng yùtopaz
• 汉白玉hàn bái yùwhite marble; a type of white marble used for building and sculpting
• 亭亭玉立tíng tíng yù lì(idiom) (of a woman) slender and elegant; (idiom) (of a plant) tall and straight
• 冯玉祥Féng Yù xiángFeng Yuxiang (1882-1948), warlord during Republic of China, strongly critical of Chiang…
• 抛砖引玉pāo zhuān yǐn yùlit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom)…
• 如花似玉rú huā sì yùdelicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom); (of a woman) exquisite
• 美玉měi yùfine jade
• 怜香惜玉lián xiāng xī yùto have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom)
• 小家碧玉xiǎo jiā bì yùpretty daughter in a humble family
• 冰清玉洁bīng qīng yù jiéclear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless; irreproachable; incorruptible
• 刚玉gāng yùcorundum (mineral)
• 水玉shuǐ yùcrystal; old word for 水晶
• 温玉wēn yùonsen tamago; hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water)…
• 珠玉zhū yùpearls and jades; jewels; clever remark
• 硬玉yìng yùjadeite
• 兰玉lán yùyour son (honorific)
• 软玉ruǎn yùnephrite; Ca(Mg,Fe)3(SiO3)4

Characters built on 王

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

• 珠zhūbead; pearl
• 瑚húused in 珊瑚
• 瑜yúexcellence; luster of gems
• 琥hǔused in 琥珀
• 琚jūornamental gems for belt
• 璐lùbeautiful jade
• 璞púunpolished gem
• 顼xūused in 颛顼; used in 顼顼; Taiwan pr. xù

Characters that look like 玉

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

• 王wángking or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand
• 主zhǔowner; master; host
• 兰lánorchid (兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (兰草 Eupatorium fortunei)…
• 丑chǒuclown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year…
• 夷yínon-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out
• 壬rénninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; ninth in order…

Sounds the same

Read yù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 育to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
• 遇(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…
• 预to advance; in advance; beforehand
• 域field; region; area
• 寓(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling…
• 欲desire; appetite; passion
• 豫happy; carefree; at one's ease
• 浴bath; to bathe
• 吁to implore
• 狱prison
• 誉to praise; to acclaim; reputation
• 熨reconciled; smooth