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邮

yóu

HSK 3 Character Traditional 郵

What 邮 means

1. post (office)
2. mail

Example sentences

• 别去邮局。
  Don't go to the post office.
• 航空邮寄它。
  Hángkōng yóujì tā.
  Send it airmail.
• 邮箱在哪里？
  Where is the mailbox?
• 邮局在哪儿？
  Where is the post office?
• 我收集邮票。
  I collect stamps.
• 他收到电邮。
  He got an email.

Words starting with 邮

• 邮局yóu júpost office
• 邮件yóu jiànmail; post; email
• 邮票yóu piào(postage) stamp
• 邮箱yóu xiāngmailbox; post office box; email
• 邮编yóu biānpostal code; zip code
• 邮政yóu zhèngpostal service; postal
• 邮寄yóu jìto mail; to send by post
• 邮政编码yóu zhèng biān mǎpostal code; zip code
• 邮资yóu zīpostage
• 邮报Yóu bàoPost (in the name of a newspaper)
• 邮费yóu fèipostage
• 邮政局yóu zhèng júpost office
• 邮购yóu gòuto purchase by mail; to mail-order
• 邮戳yóu chuōpostmark
• 邮递员yóu dì yuánmailman
• 邮差yóu chāipostman; mailman (dated in mainland China)
• 邮电yóu diànpost and telecommunications
• 邮品yóu pǐnitems issued by a postal service and collected by philatelists…
• 邮市yóu shìphilatelic market
• 邮筒yóu tǒngmailbox; pillar box; (old) letter
• 邮递yóu dìto mail; to deliver (through the post)
• 邮包yóu bāopostal parcel; parcel
• 邮展yóu zhǎnphilatelic exhibition
• 邮区yóu qūpostal district

Words containing 邮

• 集邮jí yóustamp collecting; philately
• 纪念邮票jì niàn yóu piàocommemorative postage stamp
• 包邮bāo yóushipping included
• 平邮píng yóuordinary mail (not express or registered)
• 航邮háng yóuair mail
• 通邮tōng yóuto have postal communications
• 电邮diàn yóuemail; abbr. for 电子邮件
• 集邮册jí yóu cèstamp album
• 高邮市Gāo yóu ShìGaoyou, a county-level city in Yangzhou City 扬州市
• 中国邮政Zhōng guó Yóu zhèngChina Post (Chinese postal service)
• 每日邮报Měi rì Yóu bàoDaily Mail (newspaper)
• 航空邮件háng kōng yóu jiànairmail
• 航空邮简háng kōng yóu jiǎnaerogram
• 电子邮件diàn zǐ yóu jiànemail
• 电邮地址diàn yóu dì zhǐemail address
• 电子邮箱diàn zǐ yóu xiāngemail inbox
• 南京邮电大学Nán jīng Yóu diàn Dà xuéNanjing Post and Communications University
• 纽约邮报Niǔ yuē Yóu bàoNew York Post (newspaper)
• 回邮信封huí yóu xìn fēngself-addressed stamped envelope (SASE)
• 赫芬顿邮报Hè fēn dùn Yóu bàoHuffington Post (US online news aggregator)
• 华盛顿邮报Huá shèng dùn Yóu bàoWashington Post (newspaper)
• 歌诗达邮轮Gē shī dá Yóu lúnCosta Cruises (brand)
• 垃圾邮件lā jī yóu jiànjunk mail; spam; unsolicited mail
• 集邮簿jí yóu bùstamp album

Characters built on 由

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

• 油yóuoil; fat; grease
• 抽chōuto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole…
• 轴zhóuaxis; axle; spool (for thread)
• 宙zhòueternity; (geology) eon
• 铀yóuuranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. yòu
• 柚yòupomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
• 釉yòuglaze (of porcelain)
• 鼬yòu(zoology) weasel

Characters that look like 邮

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

• 纳nàto receive; to accept; to enjoy
• 姊zǐolder sister; Taiwan pr. jiě
• 郊jiāosuburbs; outskirts
• 邸dǐ(bound form) residence of a high-ranking official
• 邵Shàosurname Shao; place name
• 邹Zōusurname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of…

Sounds the same

Read yóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 由to follow; from; because of; due to
• 游to swim; variant of 游
• 尤outstanding; particularly, especially; a fault
• 油oil; fat; grease
• 犹as if; (just) like; just as
• 疣nodule; wart
• 铀uranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. yòu
• 猷to plan; to scheme
• 鱿(bound form) squid
• 蝣used in 蜉蝣
• 楢Quercus glandulifera
• 逌distant; joyous; satisfied