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鼬

yòu

Character

What 鼬 means

1. (zoology) weasel

Example sentences

• 我见过臭鼬。
  I saw a polecat.
• 我昨晚差点踩到一只臭鼬。
  Wǒ zuówǎn chàdiǎn cǎi dào yī zhī chòuyòu.
  I almost stepped on a skunk last night.
• 我们把他称为“臭鼬人”。
  Wǒmen bǎ tā chēngwéi "chòuyòu rén ".
  We call him "Skunk Man".

Words starting with 鼬

• 鼬属yòu shǔMustela (genus of weasels etc)
• 鼬科yòu kēMustelidae (taxonomic family of weasel, otter, mink)
• 鼬鲨yòu shātiger shark
• 鼬鼠yòu shǔweasel
• 鼬獾yòu huānferret badger

Words containing 鼬

• 伶鼬líng yòuweasel; Mustela nivalis (zoology)
• 臭鼬chòu yòuskunk
• 艾鼬ài yòusteppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii)
• 青鼬qīng yòuweasel; Martes flavigula (zoology)
• 香鼬xiāng yòumountain weasel; alpine weasel
• 黄鼬huáng yòuSiberian weasel (Mustela sibirica)
• 野鼬瓣花yě yòu bàn huāwild hemp
• 猫鼬māo yòusee 狐獴

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
• 邮yóupost (office); mail
• 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)

Characters that look like 鼬

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

• 豁huōopening; stake all; sacrifice
• 黏niánsticky; glutinous; (Taiwan) to adhere; to stick on; to glue
• 麒qíused in 麒麟
• 鳃sāigills of fish
• 鹬yùcommon snipe; sandpiper
• 鳐yáoray (cartilaginous fish, including skates)

Sounds the same

Read yòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 又(once) again; also; both... and...
• 右(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center…
• 幼young
• 诱(literary) to induce; to entice
• 佑(bound form) to bless; to protect
• 釉glaze (of porcelain)
• 柚pomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
• 宥to forgive; to help; profound
• 祐(of divinity) to bless; to protect
• 囿park; to limit; be limited to
• 侑(literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink)
• 蚴larva