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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yù | yu4
English translation
to drive, to ride; to manage, to control

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

horse

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

马又

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

yòu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and yòu represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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xiǎng kào 犁杖 Guò 好日子 de rén 必须 bìxū 亲自 qīnzì huò 亲自 qīnzì 驾驭 jià yù 牲口 shēng kou .

He that by the plough would thrive himself must either hold or drive.

驾驭 jià yù 不了 bù le 这么 zhè me 强壮 qiáng zhuàng de

I feared I wouldn't be able to control such a strong horse.

伊兰随心所欲 suí xīn suǒ yù de 驾驭 jià yù zhāo 语言 yǔyán 先是 Rèn 文章 wénzhāng 自由 zìyóu 铺展 pū zhǎn 然后 ránhòu 猛地 měng de 收住产生 chǎnshēng le 绝好 de 效果 xiàoguǒ

Boylan plays with language, letting the prose sprawl about before tightening it suddenly to great effect.

汽车 qì chē de 功率 gōng lǜ Yuè jiù Yuè 难驾驭

The more powerful the car the more difficult it is to handle.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
驾驭 jià yù to drive駕馭
to drive
驭手 yù shǒu chariot driver馭手
以一驭万 yǐ yī yù wàn to control a key point is to be master of the situation (idiom)以一馭萬

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