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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yú | yu2
English translation
surplus, remainder, excess

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shí

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

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Extra  food  shí also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

饣余

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ér zài 高压氧 gāo yā yǎng 治疗 zhìliáo Hòu , shèng 手指 shǒuzhǐ 坏疽 huài jū 改善 gǎishàn .

After hyperbaric oxygen therapy was given , digital gangrene improved.

维修 wéixiū 之后 zhī hòu ,主要 zhǔyào 遗骸 yí hái shèng 馀物 liú zài le 领地 lǐng dì shǎng .

After maintenance the main remains and are left on the domain.

我们 wǒmen yāo shì yǒu jiān de 卧室 wòshì jiù hǎo le ( gěi 客人 kèrén yòng ).

I wish we had a spare room , ie an extra bedroom ( eg for guests ).

ruò Cóng shí 拿走 ná zǒu le , shèng de 部分 bùfen shì shén me ?

If you take 7 from 10, what is the remainder?

举例来说 jǔ lì lái shuō , Xīn shēng de 恒星 héng xīng 四周 sì zhōu huì 环绕 huán rào zhù shèng 物质 wùzhì suǒ 构成 gòuchéng 的气 pán .

Newborn stars, for instance, are surrounded by disks of leftover material.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
surname Yu
扶馀 Fú yú Fuyu county in Songyuan 松原 Sōng yuán , Jilin扶餘

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