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yǒu

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yǒu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
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English translation
weeds, tares; evil, undesirable

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About yǒu

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

yǒu

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Adjectival morpheme / 形语素 Xíng yǔ sù

Learning hint

weed

Etymology of yǒu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹秀

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

xiù

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and xiù represents the sound.

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Example sentences using yǒu

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只有 zhǐyǒu 地散 lín shì 目前 mùqián 尚未 shàng wèi 正式 zhèngshì 鉴定 jiàndìng de 有机 yǒu jī 磷酸盐 lín suān yán chú yǒu .

Bensulide is the only presently registered herbicidal organophosphate.

氨基 ān jī 甲酸 jiǎ suān 苯酯 chú yǒu shì 发展 fāzhǎn zuì zǎo de zhǒng 除莠剂.

Phenylcarbamate herbicides were among the earliest herbicides developed.

Words with yǒu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
良莠不齐 liáng yǒu bù qí good and bad people intermingled良莠不齊
yǒu vicious yǒu
不稂不莠 bù láng bù yǒu useless不稂不莠 bù láng bù yǒu

yǒu Decomposition & Compounds

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