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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yū | yu1
English translation
mud, sediment; to clog up, to silt up

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵於

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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zài suān Zhōng 形成 xíngchéng zhā ,妨碍 fángài 贮存 zhù cún 运输 yùnshū .

Sludges forming in the acid interfere with storage and handling.

每年 měi nián 河水 hé shuǐ 泛滥 fànlàn shí dōu huì zài 田野 tiányě shǎng 沉积 chén jī 一层 yī céng 淤泥 yū ní .

During the annual floods the river deposits its silt on the fields.

lǎo 港口 gǎngkǒu 已经 yǐjīng 淤塞 yū sè .

The old harbour has silted up.

Cóng 山上 Shān shàng 冲刷 chōng shuā 下来 xià lai de 泥土 ní tǔ 就要 jiù yào ràng 水电 shuǐ diàn 大坝 dà bà 淤塞 yū sè le

The soil washed from the hills is silting up the hydroelectric dams.

tuō zhāo yǒu 严重 yánzhòng 淤伤 yū shāng de tuǐ 逃走 táo zǒu le

I escaped with severely bruised legs.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
silt
淤泥 yū ní silt淤泥 yū ní
淤血 yū xuè clotted blood淤血 yū xuè
淤积 yū jī silt淤積
淤塞 yū sè silted up淤塞 yū sè
出淤泥而不染 chū yū ní ér bù rǎn lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)出淤泥而不染 chū yū ní ér bù rǎn
淤滞 yū zhì silted up淤滯
祛淤 qū yū to dispel blood stasis (TCM)祛淤 qū yū
淤灌 yū guàn to warp (fertilize land by flooding)淤灌 yū guàn

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