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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yū | yu1
English translation
abstruse, pedantic, unrealistic

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

walk

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶于

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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jǐn Suí 穿 chuān Guò 条条 huí 曲折 qūzhé de zhǎi xiàng .

I followed him through a maze of narrow alleys.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
迂回 yū huí circuitous迂迴
迂腐 yū fǔ pedantic迂腐 yū fǔ
pedantic
迂回曲折 yū huí qū zhé going around in circles迂回曲折 yū huí qū zhé
迂曲 yū qū circuitous迂曲 yū qū
迂阔 yū kuò high flown nonsense迂闊
迂气 yū qì pedantry迂氣
迂缓 yū huǎn dilatory迂緩
迂儒 yū rú unrealistic迂儒 yū rú
迂夫子 yū fū zǐ pedant迂夫子 yū fū zǐ
迂拙 yū zhuō stupid迂拙 yū zhuō
迂执 yū zhí pedantic and stubborn迂執
迂磨 yū mó sluggish迂磨 yū mó
迂论 yū lùn unrealistic argument迂論

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