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钥

yuè

HSK 4 Character Traditional 鑰

What 钥 means

1. key
2. also pr. yào

Example sentences

• 带钥匙来。
  Bring the key.
• 我钥匙丢了。
  I have lost my key.
• 他转动钥匙。
  He turned the key.
• 不要玩钥匙。
  Do not play with the key.
• 你拿错钥匙了。
  You took the wrong key.
• 我把钥匙掉了。
  I have lost the key.

Words starting with 钥

• 钥匙yào shikey
• 钥匙卡yào shi kǎkeycard
• 钥匙链yào shi liànkeychain

Words containing 钥

• 公钥gōng yào(cryptography) public key
• 密钥mì yào(cryptography) key
• 权钥quán yàokeys of authority
• 私钥sī yào(cryptography) private key
• 金钥jīn yàothe key (to solving a problem etc); (Taiwan) (cryptography) key
• 锁钥suǒ yuèkey and lock; (fig.) strategic place
• 配钥匙pèi yào shito make a key
• 私人钥匙sī rén yào shiprivate key (in encryption)
• 万能钥匙wàn néng yào shimaster key; skeleton key; passkey
• 一把钥匙开一把锁yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒOne key opens one lock.; There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)

Characters that look like 钥

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

• 朗lǎngclear; bright
• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 铅qiānlead (chemistry)
• 骇hàito astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
• 钜jù(literary) hard iron; (literary) hook; barb; used in personal names and place names
• 铌níniobium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read yuè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 月moon; month; monthly
• 越to exceed; to climb over; to surpass
• 阅to inspect; to review; to read
• 跃to jump; to leap
• 悦pleased
• 岳wife's parents and paternal uncles
• 粤Cantonese; short name for Guangdong 广东
• 瀹to cleanse; to boil
• 乐music
• 玥pearl used in sacrifice
• 钺battle-ax
• 籥flute; key