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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yù | yu4
English translation
to have children
to raise or bring up
to educate
to produce, to give birth to; to educate

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A pregnant woman with a baby  in her womb

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱⿱亠厶⺼

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. The (child) component is upside-down.

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de 大学 Dà xué 体育 tǐyù shēng 以及 yǐjí 肌肉 jīròu 男孩 nán hái 一直 yīzhí shì de 钟爱 zhōng aì .

Hot college jocks and muscle boys are always aturn on for me.

zài 体育场 tǐ yù chǎng 附近 fùjìn 房子 fáng zi shì hěn guì .

Rents are less expensive near the stadium.

这块地方 dìfāng bèi huá chū lái gōng 体育 tǐyù 训练 xùnliàn 之用.

This area has been marked off for athletic practice.

zhū 育肥供应 gōng yìng 市场 shìchǎng .

The pigs are fattened up for market.

zhè 玫瑰 méi guī Xīn 品种 pǐnzhǒng shì yóu 一种 yī zhǒng hěn lǎo de 品种 pǐnzhǒng 培育 péiyù 而成 de .

This new rose is a development from a very old kind of rose.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
教育 jiàoyù to educate教育 jiàoyù
体育 tǐyù sports體育
体育馆 tǐ yù guǎn gym體育館
发育 fāyù to develop發育
to educate
生育 shēngyù to bear生育 shēngyù
培育 péiyù to train培育 péiyù
体育场 tǐ yù chǎng stadium體育場
养育 yǎng yù to rear養育
教育部 Jiào yù bù Ministry of Education教育部 Jiào yù bù
孕育 yùnyù to be pregnant孕育 yùnyù
计划生育 jì huà shēng yù family planning計劃生育
体育运动 tǐ yù yùn dòng sports體育運動
义务教育 yì wù jiào yù compulsory education義務教育
生儿育女 shēng ér yù nǚ to bear and raise children生兒育女
职业教育 zhí yè jiào yù vocational training職業教育
高等教育 gāo děng jiào yù higher education高等教育 gāo děng jiào yù
德育 dé yù moral education德育 dé yù
抚育 fǔ yù to nurture撫育
育种 yù zhǒng to breed育種
教育学 jiào yù xué pedagogy教育學
体育界 tǐ yù jiè sports circles體育界
教育家 jiào yù jiā educationalist教育家 jiào yù jiā
节育 jié yù to practice birth control節育

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