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屿

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屿

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屿 Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yǔ | yu3
English translation
islet
island

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About 屿

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Shān

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

mountain

Etymology of 屿

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

山与

Semantic compound

Shān

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using 屿

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沿着 yán zhe 中国 Zhōngguó de Dōng 海岸 hǎi àn 飞行 fēi xíng , 可以 kěyǐ 看到许多 xǔduō 岛屿 dǎoyǔ .

Flying along the east coast of China, you can see many islands.

zài de 幻梦 huàn mèng Zhōng ,岛屿 dǎoyǔ 似乎 sìhū Chéng le 可望而不可及 kě wàng ér bù kě jí de 阿卡 Ā kǎ 狄亚 le .

In his fancy the Island seemed an unattainable Arcadia.

jǐn 菲律宾 Fēi lǜ bīn 群岛 qún dǎo jiù 包括 bāokuò 大小 dà xiǎo 岛屿 dǎoyǔ 七千 duō .

In the Philippines alone there are more than 7,000 islands and islets.

de 奥克尼挂毯 guà tǎn Shū réng shì 关于 guānyú 这些 zhè xiē 岛屿 dǎoyǔ de zuì 权威 quánwēi 著作 zhùzuò

His "An Orkney Tapestry" is still the definitive book on the islands.

迪西 dǎo shì 当今 dāng jīn 世上 shì shàng 仅存 de 几个 jǐ ge 不染尘嚣 chén xiāo de 岛屿 dǎoyǔ 之一 zhī yī 澳大利亚 Aò dà lì yà jìn 5,000公里 gōnglǐ

Ducie is one of the world's last untouched islands, nearly 5,000km from Australia.

Words with 屿

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
岛屿 dǎoyǔ island島嶼
屿islet
鼓浪屿 Gǔ làng yǔ Gulangyu, scenic island off Xiamen 廈門|厦门 Xià mén [Xià​mén]鼓浪嶼
大屿山 Dà yǔ shān Lantau Island大嶼山
兰屿 Lán yǔ Lanyu or Orchid Island township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县 Tái dōng Xiàn [Tái​dōng​Xiàn], southeast Taiwan蘭嶼
槟榔屿 Bīng lang yǔ Penang Pulau (Island), Malaysia檳榔嶼
秀屿区 Xiù yǔ qū Xiuyu district of Putian city 莆田市 Pú tián shì [Pú​tián​shì], Fujian秀嶼區
秀屿 Xiù yǔ Xiuyu district of Putian city 莆田市 Pú tián shì [Pú​tián​shì], Fujian秀嶼
彭佳屿 Péng jiā yǔ Pengjia Island, administered as part of Chilung or Keelung 基隆 Jī lóng [Jī​lóng], Taiwan彭佳嶼
西屿乡 Xī yǔ xiāng Xiyu or Hsiyu township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县 Péng hú xiàn [Péng​hú​xiàn] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan西嶼鄉

屿 Decomposition & Compounds

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屿 Decomposition

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