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谀

yú

Character Traditional 諛

What 谀 means

1. to flatter

Example sentences

• 国王受够了他的大臣们总是对他阿谀奉承，于是把他们遣散了。
  Guówáng shòugòu le tā de dàchén men zǒngshì duì tā ēyú-fèngchéng, yúshì bǎ tāmen qiǎnsàn le.
  The king was tired of his sycophants always praising him, so he sent them away.

Words starting with 谀

• 谀辞yú cíflattering words

Words containing 谀

• 阿谀ē yúto flatter; to toady
• 面谀miàn yúto praise sb to his face
• 阿谀奉承ē yú fèng chéngflattering and fawning (idiom); sweet-talking

Characters built on 臾

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

• 腴yúfat on belly; fertile; rich
• 萸yúused in 茱萸
• 庾Yǔsurname Yu; name of a mountain
• 瘐yǔto maltreat (as prisoners)

Characters that look like 谀

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

• 途túway; route; road
• 旋xuánto revolve; a loop; a circle
• 娘niángmother; young lady; (colloquial) effeminate
• 逮dài(literary) to reach; used in 逮捕
• 婕jiéused in 婕妤
• 逵kuícrossroads; thoroughfare

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
• 瑜excellence; luster of gems