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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Yú | Yu2
English translation
surname Yu
to go
to take
sentence-final interrogative particle
variant of
>[yú]
in
at
to
from
by
than
out of
at, in, on; to, from; alas!

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Number of strokes

3

Traditional form

Contains the radical

èr

Part of speech

Preposition / 介词 jiè cí Jiècí

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Positional decomposition

二亅

Explanation

Pictograph of a musical wind instrument. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. In traditional characters is typically used instead of .

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de 行为 xíngwéi jìn 疯狂 fēngkuáng .

His conduct borders on madness.

业务 yèwù de 发展 fāzhǎn 归功 guī gōng 方的合作 hézuò .

The development of business is creditable to your co - operation.

Hàn 德尔先于萨姆·约翰逊 Yuē hàn xùn 0.06 miǎo de 成绩 chéngjì 获得 huòdé 金牌 jīn pái .

Handle won the gold medal with 06 second in front of Sam Johnson.

硅烷偶联剂用于 yòng yú 许多 xǔduō 通用 tōngyòng de 砂子 shā zi 环氧 xíng 复合材料 fù hé cái liào Zhōng .

Silane coupling agents are also used in many commercial sand - epoxy - type composites.

Sān Jiā èr 等于 děngyú .

Three plus two equals five.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
in
关于 guānyú pertaining to關於
对于 duìyú regarding對於
由于 yóuyú due to由於
终于 zhōngyú at last終於
属于 shǔyú to belong to屬於
于是 yúshì thereupon於是
处于 chǔ yú to be in (some state, position, or condition)處於
在于 zàiyú to be in在於
位于 wèiyú to lie位於
至于 zhìyú as for至於
用于 yòng yú use in用于 yòng yú
出于 chū yú due to出於
等于 děngyú to equal等於
基于 jī yú because of基於
低于 dī yú to be lower than低于 dī yú
过于 guòyú too much過於
高于 gāo yú greater than高於
鉴于 jiànyú in view of鑒於
善于 shànyú to be good at善於
有助于 yǒu zhù yú to contribute to有助於
相当于 xiāng dāng yú equivalent to相當於
大于 dà yú greater than大於
不至于 bù zhì yú not as bad as不至於

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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    • fèng
      • bàng , pěng , fèng , fěng , běng , běng , běng , , bàng
    • chuǎn
      • shùn
        • shùn , shùn , ,
      • jié
        • jié , jié , zhé , huò , , , ,
      • lín
        • lín , lín , lín , lín , lín , lín , lìn , lín , lǐn , lín , , lín , lín , lín , lín , , lín , , , lián , , , , , , , , , , , lín , , lín
      • chuǎn , , shēng ,
    • jiàng
      • ,
      • , , ,
    • , , , , , wéi , , , , , , , , pàn , , , , , , , , ,
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