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芋

yù

Character

What 芋 means

1. taro
2. Colocasia antiquorum
3. Colocasia esculenta

Example sentences

• 随意多吃点洋芋片吧。
  Suíyì duō chī diǎn yángyù piàn ba.
  Help yourself to more potato chips.

Words starting with 芋

• 芋头yù toutaro
• 芋圆yù yuántaro ball (Taiwanese dessert)
• 芋泥Yù níyam paste (a snack in Chaozhou cuisine)
• 芋头色yù tou sèlilac (color)
• 芋螺毒素yù luó dú sùconotoxin
• 芋艿yù nǎitaro

Words containing 芋

• 山芋shān yùsweet potato
• 洋芋yáng yù(dialect) potato
• 海芋hǎi yùgiant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos); common calla
• 竹芋zhú yùIndian arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)
• 茵芋yīn yùSkimmia japonica
• 菊芋jú yùJerusalem artichoke
• 姑婆芋gū pó yùnight-scented lily (Alocasia odora)
• 洋芋片yáng yù piàn(Taiwan) potato chip
• 烫手山芋tàng shǒu shān yùhot potato; problem; trouble
• 乌芋wū yùsee 荸荠
• 魔芋mó yùsee 蒟蒻

Characters built on 于

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

• 吁yùto implore
• 宇yǔroom; universe
• 迂yūliteral-minded; pedantic; doctrinaire
• 盂yúbasin; wide-mouthed jar or pot
• 竽yúfree reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙
• 纡yūwinding; twisting
• 盱xūanxious; stare
• 玗yúsemiprecious stone; a kind of jade

Characters that look like 芋

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

• 早zǎoearly; morning; Good morning!
• 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete
• 孕yùnpregnant
• 羊yángsheep; goat
• 旱hàndrought
• 孚fúto trust; to believe in

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
• 玉jade
• 豫happy; carefree; at one's ease
• 浴bath; to bathe
• 吁to implore
• 狱prison
• 誉to praise; to acclaim; reputation