Chinese words starting with “yu”

64 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable yu. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 7 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.

Initial — · final ü · hear the four tones and see example characters →

2nd tone 14
3rd tone 18
4th tone 32

Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.

Common words with this syllable

遇到yù dàoHSK 4
to meet; to run into; to come across
于是yú shìHSK 4
thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
语言yǔ yánHSK 2
language
预计yù jìHSK 3
to forecast; to predict; to estimate
预防yù fángHSK 3
to prevent; to take precautions against; to protect; to guard against; precautionary; prophylactic
预报yù bàoHSK 3
forecast
预习yù xíHSK 3
to prepare a lesson

All 64 words

#	Word	Pinyin	POS	Meaning
1	与	yǔ	p,cc	and; to give; together with
2	于	yú	p,g	to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle; variant of 于
3	鱼	yú	n	fish
4	雨	yǔ	n,g	rain
5	娱乐	yú lè	vn,v,n	to entertain; to amuse; entertainment; recreation; amusement; hobby; fun; joy
6	愉快	yú kuài	a,ad,an	cheerful; cheerily; delightful; pleasant; pleasantly; pleasing; happy; delighted
7	遇	yù	v	to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance
8	预测	yù cè	v,vn	to forecast; to predict
9	玉米	yù mǐ	n	corn; maize
10	遇见	yù jiàn	v	to meet
11	预算	yù suàn	n	budget
12	宇宙	yǔ zhòu	n	universe; cosmos
13	欲望	yù wàng	n	desire; longing; appetite; craving
14	预期	yù qī	v,vn	to expect; to anticipate
15	与此同时	yǔ cǐ tóng shí	c	at the same time; meanwhile
16	玉	yù	n	jade
17	愚蠢	yú chǔn	a,an	silly; stupid
18	语气	yǔ qì	n	tone; manner of speaking; mood
19	预定	yù dìng	v,vn	to schedule in advance
20	语音	yǔ yīn	n	speech sounds; pronunciation; colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character; phonetic; audio; voice; (Internet) to voice chat; voice message
21	预料	yù liào	v,vn	to forecast; to anticipate; expectation
22	预订	yù dìng	v,vn	to place an order; to book ahead
23	与众不同	yǔ zhòng bù tóng	v	to stand out from the masses (idiom)
24	预约	yù yuē	v,vn	booking; reservation; to book; to make an appointment
25	愈	yù	d,g	the more...(the more...); to recover; to heal; better
26	浴室	yù shì	n	bathroom (room used for bathing)
27	与否	yǔ fǒu	u	whether or not (at the end of a phrase)
28	预言	yù yán	v,n	to predict; prophecy
29	预备	yù bèi	vn,v	to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory
30	余	yú	m,g,Rg,v	extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me
31	预见	yù jiàn	v,n,vn	to foresee; to predict; to forecast; to envision; foresight; intuition; vision
32	予以	yǔ yǐ	v	to give; to impose; to apply
33	余地	yú dì	n	margin; leeway
34	愈合	yù hé	v,vn	(of a wound) to heal
35	预感	yù gǎn	n,v	to have a premonition; premonition
36	舆论	yú lùn	n	public opinion
37	预告	yù gào	v	to forecast; to predict; advance notice
38	遇难	yù nàn	v,vn	to perish; to be killed
39	宇航员	yǔ háng yuán	n	astronaut
40	预先	yù xiān	d	beforehand; in advance
41	雨水	yǔ shuǐ	n	rainwater; rainfall; rain
42	预示	yù shì	v	to indicate; to foretell; to forebode; to betoken
43	渔船	yú chuán	n	fishing boat
44	语法	yǔ fǎ	n	grammar
45	余额	yú é	n	balance (of an account, bill etc); surplus; remainder
46	与其	yǔ qí	c	rather than...; 与其 A 如 B (rather than A, better to B)
47	渔民	yú mín	n	fisherman; fisher folk
48	羽毛球	yǔ máo qiú	n	shuttlecock; badminton
49	愈来愈	yù lái yù	d	more and more
50	遇上	yù shàng	v	to come across (sb); to run into

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