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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yú | yu2
English translation
flawless gem or jewel

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Wáng

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

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jade

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

王俞

Semantic compound

Wáng

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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定期 dìngqī shǎng jiā .

He attends regular yoga classes.

星期四 Xīng qī sì wǎn shǎng shǎng le 瑜伽 yú jiā hěn 高兴 gāoxìng 自己 zìjǐ 有事 yǒu shì zuò

On Thursday night she went to her yoga class, glad to have something to fill up the evening.

八步 Bā bù 功法瑜伽 yú jiā 注重 zhùzhòng 呼吸 hūxī 放松 fàngsōng shì 一种 yī zhǒng 舒缓 shū huǎn 身心 shēn xīn de 锻炼 duànliàn 方法 fāngfǎ

Astanga Yoga is a therapeutic physical exercise that focuses on breathing and relaxation.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
excellence
瑜伽 yú jiā yoga (loanword)瑜伽 yú jiā
宋楚瑜 Sòng Chǔ yú James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded People First Party 親民黨|亲民党 Qīn mín dǎng 宋楚瑜 Sòng Chǔ yú
周瑜 Zhōu Yú in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang周瑜 Zhōu Yú
瑕不掩瑜 xiá bù yǎn yú the pros outweigh the cons (idiom)瑕不掩瑜 xiá bù yǎn yú

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