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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Yù | Yu4
English translation
abbr. for Henan province 河南 Hé nán in central China
happy
carefree
at one's ease
variant of
>[yù]
old variant of
>[yù]
relaxed; hesitant

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǐ

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

elephant

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

予象

Semantic compound

xiàng

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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zài 离开 líkāi 那里 nà li tiáo héng 马路 mǎ lù de 地方 dìfāng ,停住 tíng zhù jiǎo , 犹豫起来.

Within a block he halted, undecided.

犹豫不决 yóu yù bù jué de zhàn le 一会儿 yīhuìr , yòng 手杖 shǒu zhàng 扒拉 bā lā 一阵 yī zhèn gōu de 东西 dōngxī .

He stood a moment irresolutely prodding the much in the ditch.

犹豫不决 yóu yù bù jué de zhàn le 一会儿 yīhuìr , yòng 手杖 shǒu zhàng 扒拉 bā lā 一阵 yī zhèn gōu de zàng 东西 dōngxī .

He stood a moment irresolutely prodding the muck in the ditch.

犹豫 yóuyù le 一会儿 yīhuìr , “ 也好, 一点 yī diǎn dōu kùn . ”

She hesitated, " oh , why not? I'm wide awake. "

农民 nóngmín 日报社记者 jìzhě 向东 xiàng dōng de 老家 lǎo jiā zài 豫南农村 nóngcūn .一日, lái le wèi zài 村里 cūn lǐ gān 会计 kuàijì de 老乡 lǎo xiāng .

A day, came a townsman of dry in the village fiscal.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
犹豫 yóuyù to hesitate猶豫
毫不犹豫 háo bù yóu yù without the slightest hesitation毫不猶豫
犹豫不决 yóu yù bù jué hesitancy猶豫不決
happy
豫剧 Yù jù Henan opera豫劇
李豫 Lǐ Yù Li Yu, personal name of ninth Tang emperor Taizong 代宗 Dài zōng [Tài​zōng] (727-779), reigned 762-779李豫 Lǐ Yù
宿豫区 Sù yù qū Suyu district of Suqian city 宿遷市|宿迁市 Sù qiān shì [Sù​qiān​shì], Jiangsu宿豫區
宿豫 Sù yù Suyu district of Suqian city 宿遷市|宿迁市 Sù qiān shì [Sù​qiān​shì], Jiangsu宿豫 Sù yù

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Decomposition

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