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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yù | yu4
English translation
the more...(the more...)
to recover
to heal
better
variant of [yù]
to recover, to heal; more and more

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

俞心

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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愈来愈 yù lái yù shēn de 分歧 fēnqí 使 shǐ 不同 bù tóng de 年龄 niánlíng qún 互相 hùxiāng 分离 fēn lí .

Increasingly deep cleavages separate one age group from another.

bèi shé yǎo de shāng 很快 jiù 痊愈 quán yù le .

He soon recovered from the snake's bite.

lǎo 夫妇 fūfù 眼色 yǎnsè de 含意 hán yì shēn le .

The look that passed between husband and wife deepened in meaning.

可叹 kě tàn de shì de 病痛 bìng tòng què zhǎo 不到 bù dào xiāng gāo lái 治愈 zhì yù .

I suffer a malady that no balm can cure!

山路 shān lù zǒu dǒu .

The mountain path becomes steeper and steeper as you go up.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
治愈 zhì yù to cure治癒
to heal
痊愈 quán yù to recover completely (from illness or injury)痊癒
愈合 yù hé to heal愈合 yù hé
愈来愈 yù lái yù more and more愈來愈
愈演愈烈 yù yǎn yù liè ever more critical愈演愈烈 yù yǎn yù liè
愈发 yù fā all the more愈發
愈加 yù jiā all the more愈加 yù jiā
每况愈下 měi kuàng yù xià to steadily deteriorate每況愈下
韩愈 Hán Yù Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 gǔ wén yùn dòng and neoclassical 復古|复古 fù gǔ movements韓愈
病愈 bìng yù to recover (from an illness)病癒
愈益 yù yì increasingly愈益 yù yì
每下愈况 měi xià yù kuàng to steadily deteriorate每下愈況
霍然而愈 huò rán ér yù to recover speedily (idiom); to get better quickly霍然而癒

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Decomposition

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