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yóu

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yóu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yóu | you2
English translation
similar to, just like, as

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About yóu

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

yóu

Contains the radical

quǎn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

dog

Etymology of yóu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

犭酋

Semantic compound

quǎn

Phonetic compound

qiú

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. quǎn represents the meaning and Yóu represents the sound. Simplified form of yóu . Based on the original meaning "type of monkey". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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Words with yóu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
犹太人 Yóu tài rén Jew猶太人
犹豫 yóuyù to hesitate猶豫
犹太 Yóu tài Jew猶太
犹如 yóurú similar to猶如
yóu as if yóu
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
记忆犹新 jì yì yóu xīn to remain fresh in one's memory (idiom)記憶猶新
犹大 Yóu dà Judas猶大
犹太教 Yóu tài jiào Judaism猶太教
犹他州 Yóu tā zhōu Utah猶他州
意犹未尽 yì yóu wèi jìn to wish to continue sth意猶未盡
犹他 Yóu tā Utah猶他
犹疑 yóu yí to hesitate猶疑
犹自 yóu zì yet猶自
过犹不及 guò yóu bù jí too far is as bad as not enough (idiom, from the Analects)過猶不及
犹太复国主义 Yóu tài fù guó zhǔ yì Zionism猶太復國主義
虽败犹荣 suī bài yóu róng honorable even in defeat (idiom)雖敗猶榮
风韵犹存 fēng yùn yóu cún (of an aging woman) still attractive風韻猶存
言犹在耳 yán yóu zài ěr words still ringing in one's ears (idiom)言猶在耳
上犹 Shàng yóu Shangyou county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州 Gàn zhōu , Jiangxi上猶
上犹县 Shàng yóu xiàn Shangyou county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州 Gàn zhōu , Jiangxi上猶縣
困兽犹斗 kùn shòu yóu dòu to fight like an animal at bay困獸猶鬥

yóu Decomposition & Compounds

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