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豫

yù

HSK 5 Character

What 豫 means

1. happy
2. carefree
3. at one's ease
4. variant of {预|yù}
5. old variant of {与|yù}

Other readings

豫 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Yùshort name for Henan {河南|Hé nán}

Example sentences

• 众人犹豫。
  Everyone hesitated.
• 凡事豫则立。
  Forewarned is forearmed.
• 不要犹豫去问问题。
  Bù yào yóuyù qù wèn wèntí.
  Don't hesitate to ask questions.
• 我会毫不犹豫嫁给你。
  I would marry you without hesitation.
• 他为什么仍然犹豫不决？
  Why did he remain hesitant?
• 他毫不犹豫地把自己的车卖了。
  Tā háo bù yóuyù de bǎ zìjǐ de chē mài le.
  Without the slightest hesitation, he sold his own car.

Words starting with 豫

• 豫剧Yù jùHenan opera
• 豫告yù gàovariant of 预告; to forecast; to predict

Words containing 豫

• 犹豫yóu yùto hesitate
• 毫不犹豫háo bù yóu yùwithout the slightest hesitation
• 犹豫不决yóu yù bù juéhesitancy; indecision; to waver
• 不豫bù yù(literary) unhappy; displeased
• 李豫Lǐ YùLi Yu, personal name of ninth Tang emperor Taizong 代宗
• 宿豫区Sù yù QūSuyu, a district of Suqian City 宿迁市
• 逸豫yì yùidleness and pleasure
• 宿豫Sù yùsee 宿豫区
• 冘豫yóu yùvariant of 犹豫

Characters built on 予

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

• 预yùto advance; in advance; beforehand
• 序xù(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
• 舒shūto stretch; to unfold; to relax
• 抒shūto express; to give expression to; variant of 纾
• 纾shūabundant; ample; at ease
• 妤yúused in 婕妤
• 杼zhùshuttle of a loom

Characters that look like 豫

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

• 赚zhuànto earn; to make a profit
• 橡xiàngoak; Quercus serrata
• 慷kāngused in 慷慨
• 僚liáobureaucrat; colleague
• 缦mànplain thin silk; slow; unadorned
• 獒áo(bound form) mastiff

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
• 浴bath; to bathe
• 吁to implore
• 狱prison
• 誉to praise; to acclaim; reputation
• 熨reconciled; smooth