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yóu

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yóu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yóu | you2
English translation
post (office)
mail
mail; post office

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About yóu

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

yóu

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

place

Etymology of yóu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

由阝

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

yóu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and yóu represents the sound. Simplified form of yóu .

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Example sentences using yóu

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gāng de 生日 shēngrì 贺卡 hè kǎ 邮局 yóujú .

I've just taken her birthday card down to the post.

gěi de 许多 xǔduō 邮件 yóu jiàn 失落 shī luò le .

Many items of mail being sent to her have gone astray.

wǎng 欧洲 Ōuzhōu de 航空 hángkōng 邮件 yóu jiàn 马上 mǎshàng jiù huì 到达 dàodá .

A letter sent by airmail will get to Europe quickly.

邮票 yóu piào tiǎn le 一下 yīxià .

He gave the stamp a lick.

gěi de 邮件 yóu jiàn yóu 中国 Zhōngguó 大使馆 dàshǐguǎn 转交 zhuǎn jiāo .

Address my mail in care of the Chinese Embassy.

Words with yóu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
邮件 yóu jiàn mail郵件
yóu mail yóu
邮箱 yóu xiāng mailbox郵箱
邮政 yóu zhèng postal郵政
邮票 yóu piào (postage) stamp郵票
邮局 yóujú post office郵局
邮轮 yóu lún ocean liner郵輪
电子邮件 diànzǐyóujiàn email電子郵件
邮寄 yóu jì to mail郵寄
邮差 yóu chāi (old) postman郵差
邮递员 yóu dì yuán mailman郵遞員
邮编 yóu biān postal code郵編
邮电 yóu diàn post and telecommunications郵電
邮报 Yóu bào Post (in the name of a newspaper)郵報
邮戳 yóu chuō postmark郵戳
邮购 yóu gòu mail order郵購
邮政编码 yóu zhèng biān mǎ postal code郵政編碼
集邮 jí yóu philately集郵
邮政局 yóu zhèng jú post office郵政局
华盛顿邮报 Huá shèng dùn Yóu bào Washington Post (newspaper)華盛頓郵報
邮筒 yóu tǒng mailbox郵筒
邮费 yóu fèi postage郵費
邮包 yóu bāo parcel郵包
邮资 yóu zī postage郵資
邮递 yóu dì to mail郵遞

yóu Decomposition & Compounds

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yóu Decomposition

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