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yòu

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yòu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yòu | you4
English translation
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and, also, again, in addition

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About yòu

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Number of strokes

2

Radical frequency

91

Traditional form

yòu

Contains the radical

yòu

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

A right hand, representing a pair; compare  Zuǒ

Etymology of yòu

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

Explanation

Pictograph of a hand. The character is based on the original meaning "right hand", which is unrelated to the modern meaning.

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Example sentences using yòu

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大夫 dàfū le de mài , yòu qiáo 了瞧我的嗓子 sǎngzi .

The doctor felt my pulse and looked down my throat.

hāi , zhè yòu yǒu 什么 shénme 害处 hài chu ne ?

Why, what's the harm?

利尔 jiù 这样 zhè yàng yòu 谨慎 jǐnshèn yòu 活跃 huóyuè de tóng 那个 nà ge 饭摊 pāo shǎng le .

Collier and I infested the grub tent with care and activity.

这个 zhè ge 时候 shíhou 感到 gǎn dào yòu yòu 饿 è .

By this time he felt both thirsty a hungry.

Zhōu 青山 Qīng shān 突起 tū qǐ , yòu Gāo yòu dǒu .

All around it rose , high and steep, the green hills.

Words with yòu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yòu also yòu
欲言又止 yù yán yòu zhǐ to want to say sth but then hesitate欲言又止 yù yán yòu zhǐ
赔了夫人又折兵 péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)賠了夫人又折兵
玄之又玄 xuán zhī yòu xuán mystery within a mystery玄之又玄 xuán zhī yòu xuán
又及 yòu jí P.S.又及 yòu jí

yòu Decomposition & Compounds

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yòu Compounds

See all 631 Chinese words that contain the character yòu in their composition.

  • yòu
    • duì
    • yǒu
      • ài
        • ài , āi , , , ài , ài , āi , , ,
      • , , , ,
    • shòu
    • nán
      • , , ,
      • , , duó , , , ,
    • fǎn
      • bǎn
      • bān
      • fàn , bǎn , pàn , fàn , fǎn , bǎn , bǎn , guī , bǎn , jiǎ , bǎn , Biàn , fàn , pān , bǎn , fǎn , , , , , bǎn , fàn , , fàn
      • zuì
        • cuō , chuài , zuī , zuì , , , ,
      • cóng
        • , ,
      • , , zōu , , zōu , Zōu , zōu , zōu , zōu , zōu , zōu , zōu , , , , , , , , , , zōu
    • shèng
      • guài , jìng , ruì , chēng , jīng , chēng , qīng , jǐng
    • Zhī
        • , , fén , táo , , chāng , gāo , , dōng , , , , ,
      • sǒu
        • sōu , sōu , shòu , sǎo , sōu , sōu , sōu , sōu , sōu , sōu , sǒu , sōu , , sōu , , , , , , , sōu , 餿 sōu ,
      • , , zhī , chì , zhī , , zhī , , , shì , guǐ , zhì , guì , , , , , zhī , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • cān
      • tuò , tuò
      • níng , ài , , , , , , , chī , , ,
    • Shuāng
    • màn
    • shū
      • shū
      • , jiāo , , chù , , shū , , , , , , ,
    • Hàn
    • qīn
      • , ,
    • chā
      • zǎo
        • sāo , sāo , sào , sāo , xiǔ , , , , sāo , , sāo ,
      • chǎ , chā , chā , chà , chāi , , , chāi ,
      • chá
      • cài
        • , ,
      • chì , , zhài , , cài , , , , , ,
    • jìn
      • jìn ,
    • dèng
      • zōu
    • yíng
      • yíng , gài , ,
    • xiè
    • qiáng
      • qiǎng
    • bào
      • bāo
    • shōu
    • ruò
    • zhuó
      • chuò , chuò , chuài , duō , duō , chuò , duó , zhuó , chǐ , chuò , chuò , , duō , chuò , zhuì , , , , , , zhuì , , , , chuò , , ,
      • kòu
      • qiāo , diān , , jiǎo , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • shū
      • méi
      • Duàn
        • duàn , duàn , duàn , duàn , duàn , duàn , duàn , , , duàn , , duàn
      • bān
        • bān , pán , pán , bān , pán , pán , pán , pán , , pán , , , ,
      • 殿 diàn
      • yīn
        • Yīn , yǐn ,
      • shā
        • shā , , , , shā
      • qìng
        • xīn , qìng , shēng , qìng , qìng , , , , , ,
        • ,
      • huǐ
        • fèi
          • fèi
        • , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • shè
        • shè
      • tóu , shè , huǐ , , , Ōu , tóu , méi , qiào , , huò , jiù , gòu , shū , , , shān , , kòu , , , , , jiù , , , 歿, , , xiáo , , , , ōu , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • càn
      • càn , càn , , , ,
      • sōu
    • qiān
      • xián
        • , , ,
      • jiān
        • , qiān , , , , jiān
      • jǐn , qiān , kēng , qìn , , , , shèn , , shù ,
    • zhī
      • jué
        • jué , jué , jué , , jué , jué , , , , ,
      • huò
        • huò , huō , huò , huò , huò , yuē , huò , huò , yuē , huò , , , huō , , , huò , , , , , , , , huò , , , ,
      • sǒng , ,
    • shuāng
      • shuāng , ,
    • huān , biàn , bào , , quán , Guàn , jǐn , , jiān , quàn , tàn , fèng , , ōu , shòu , , nǎn , , tāo , sōu , jīn , qīn , guān , dēng , qǐn , sāo , qīn , luàn , , , , , qìn , , , qǐn , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • , , , , ,
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