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瑜

yú

Character

What 瑜 means

1. excellence
2. luster of gems

Example sentences

• 有个小伙子在我的瑜伽班里。
  Yǒu gè xiǎohuǒzi zài wǒ de yújiā bān lǐ.
  There's a guy in my yoga class.

Words starting with 瑜

• 瑜伽yú jiā(loanword) yoga
• 瑜伽垫yú jiā diànyoga mat
• 瑜伽裤yú jiā kùyoga pants
• 瑜珈yú jiāvariant of 瑜伽
• 瑜伽宗Yú jiā zōngsee 唯识宗
• 瑜伽行派Yú jiā Xíng pàisee 唯识宗

Words containing 瑜

• 宋楚瑜Sòng Chǔ yúJames Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he…
• 周瑜Zhōu YúZhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of…
• 韩国瑜Hán Guó yúDaniel Han Kuo-yu (1957-), Taiwanese KMT politician, mayor of Kaohsiung since 2018
• 周瑜打黄盖Zhōu Yú dǎ Huáng Gàifig. with the connivance of both sides; fig. by mutual consent…
• 瑕不掩瑜xiá bù yǎn yúlit. a blemish does not obscure jade's luster; the pros outweigh the cons (idiom)
• 一时瑜亮yī shí Yú Liàngtwo remarkable persons living at the same period (as 周瑜

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
• 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
• 榆yúelm

Characters that look like 瑜

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
• 缩suōto withdraw; to pull back; to contract
• 酸suānsour; tart; sick at heart
• 缝féngto sew; to stitch
• 睹dǔto observe; to see
• 榆yúelm

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
• 虞(literary) to expect; to anticipate; (literary) to be concerned about…