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舆

yú

HSK 6 Character Traditional 輿

What 舆 means

1. literarychassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy {堪|kān})
2. literary(fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven); land; territory
3. literarycarriage
4. literarysedan chair; palanquin
5. bound formthe multitudes; the people; the public

Example sentences

• 她的言论引起了舆论的不满。
  Tā de yánlùn yǐnqǐ le yúlùn de bù mǎn.
  Her remarks caused dissatisfaction in the public.
• 计划受到舆论的压力而被取消了。
  Jìhuà shòudào yúlùn de yālì ér bèi qǔxiāo le.
  The plan was given up under the pressure of public opinion.

Words starting with 舆

• 舆论yú lùnpublic opinion
• 舆地yú dìland; map; (old) geography
• 舆情yú qíngpublic sentiment
• 舆论界yú lùn jièmedia; commentators
• 舆论调查yú lùn diào cháopinion poll

Words containing 舆

• 堪舆kān yúgeomancy
• 权舆quán yúto sprout; (fig). to begin; beginning
• 神舆shén yúmikoshi (Japanese portable Shinto shrine)
• 竹舆zhú yúa bamboo carriage; a palanquin
• 平舆县Píng yú XiànPingyu, a county in Zhumadian City 驻马店市
• 造舆论zào yú lùnto build up public opinion; to create a fuss
• 王岱舆Wáng Dài yúWang Daiyu (1584-1670), Hui Islamic scholar of the Ming-Qing transition
• 平舆Píng yúsee 平舆县

Characters built on 彐

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

• 妇fùwoman
• 录lùto carve wood
• 刍chúto mow or cut grass; hay; straw

Characters that look like 舆

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

• 熊xióngbear; (colloquial) to scold; to rebuke; (colloquial) weak; incapable
• 稠chóudense; crowded; thick
• 阙quēused in place of 缺 (old); mistake
• 榛zhēn(bound form) hazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)
• 鹑chún(bound form) quail
• 褊biǎnnarrow; urgent

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