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 | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 寓意 | yù yì | n,v | moral (of a story); lesson to be learned; implication; message; import; metaphorical meaning | |
| 52 | 愚昧 | yú mèi | a,an | ignorant; uneducated; ignorance | |
| 53 | 预赛 | yù sài | n | preliminary competition; to hold preliminary heats | |
| 54 | 愈演愈烈 | yù yǎn yù liè | v | ever more critical; problems get more and more intense | |
| 55 | 预兆 | yù zhào | n | omen; sign (of sth yet to occur); prior indication; to foreshadow | |
| 56 | 雨衣 | yǔ yī | n | raincoat | |
| 57 | 逾期 | yú qī | v,vn | to be overdue; to fail to meet a deadline; to be behind in doing sth | |
| 58 | 遇险 | yù xiǎn | v,vn | to get into difficulties; to meet with danger | |
| 59 | 寓言 | yù yán | n | fable | |
| 60 | 与日俱增 | yǔ rì jù zēng | v | to increase steadily; to grow with each passing day | |
| 61 | 预售 | yù shòu | vn | to sell in advance | |
| 62 | 羽绒服 | yǔ róng fú | n | down-filled garment | |
| 63 | 愚公移山 | yú gōng yí shān | v | the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way | |
| 64 | 与时俱进 | yǔ shí jù jìn | abreast of modern developments; to keep up with the times; progressive; timely |
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