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逾

yú

Character

What 逾 means

1. to exceed
2. to go beyond
3. to transcend
4. to cross over
5. to jump over

Other readings

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

• yúvariant of {逾|yú}

Example sentences

• 缅甸民主运动领袖昂山素姬已遭拘押逾十年。
  The leader of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been in detainment for over 10 years.

Words starting with 逾

• 逾期yú qīto be overdue; to fail to meet a deadline; to be behind in doing sth
• 逾越yú yuèto exceed
• 逾越节yú yuè jiéPassover (Jewish holiday)
• 逾垣yú yuánto run away; to escape

Words containing 逾

• 不可逾越bù kě yú yuèimpassable; insurmountable; insuperable
• 年逾nián yúover (a certain age)
• 年逾古稀nián yú gǔ xīover seventy years old
• 情逾骨肉qíng yú gǔ ròufeelings deeper than for one's own flesh and blood (idiom); deep friendship
• 莫不逾侈mò bù yú chǐthere is no-one who is not extravagant

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
• 瑜yúexcellence; luster of gems
• 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 逾

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

• 遍biàneverywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
• 逮dài(literary) to reach; used in 逮捕
• 漓lípattering (of rain); seep through
• 煅duànto calcine; variant of 锻
• 揄yúto draw out; to let hanging
• 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…
• 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…