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鱿

yóu

Character Traditional 魷

What 鱿 means

1. bound formsquid

Example sentences

• 鱿鱼有几只手？
  Yóuyú yǒu jǐ zhī shǒu?
  How many arms does a squid have?
• 鱿鱼有几只触手？
  Yóuyú yǒu jǐ zhī chùshǒu?
  How many arms does a squid have?
• 你害怕被炒鱿鱼吗？
  Nǐ hàipà bèi chǎo yóuyú ma?
  Are you afraid of being fired?
• 我差点就被炒鱿鱼了。
  I almost got fired.
• 丹因为琳达被炒了鱿鱼。
  Dan was fired because of Linda.
• 萨米因为偷窃被炒了鱿鱼。
  Sami was fired from his job for stealing.

Words starting with 鱿

• 鱿鱼yóu yúsquid
• 鱿钓yóu diàosquid fishing (typically using lights at night to attract them)

Words containing 鱿

• 炒鱿鱼chǎo yóu yú(colloquial) to fire sb; to sack sb
• 法克鱿fǎ kè yóu(net slang; loanword) fuck you

Characters built on 尤

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

• 优yōuexcellent; superior
• 犹yóuas if; (just) like; just as
• 忧yōuto worry; to concern oneself with; worried
• 疣yóunodule; wart

Characters that look like 鱿

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

• 就jiù(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as…
• 乾qiánone of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; male principle; ☰
• 梳shūto comb; (bound form) a comb
• 绽zhànto burst open; to split at the seam
• 毂gūused in 毂辘
• 敕chìimperial orders

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
• 邮post (office); mail
• 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
• 蝣used in 蜉蝣
• 楢Quercus glandulifera
• 逌distant; joyous; satisfied