右 yòu

1. yòu noun right; right-hand
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 右 or 手口 (Han Dian '右' n 1-2; Kroll 2015 '右' 1; Unihan '右')
2. yòu verb to help; to assist
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 佑; in the sense of 帮助 (Han Dian '右' v 2; Kroll 2015 '右' 3)
3. yòu verb to; respect; to revere; to admire; to honor; to venerate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 尊崇 (Han Dian '右' v 4)
4. yòu verb to bless and protect
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 保佑 (Han Dian '右' v 6)
5. yòu noun an official building
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Han Dian '右' n 5)
6. yòu noun the west
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: When facing south (Han Dian '右' n 6; Kroll 2015 '右' 2; Unihan '右')
7. yòu adjective right wing; conservative
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 右派 (Han Dian '右' adj 1; Unihan '右')
8. yòu noun super
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Han Dian '右' adj 2)
9. yòu adjective right
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '右' 1)

Contained in

• 左右手 left and right hands; (fig.) capable assistant; right-hand man
• 左右袒 to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side
• 左支右绌(左支右絀) to be in straitened circumstances
• 宁左勿右(寧左勿右) (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
• 右舷 starboard (of a ship)
• 右倾机会主义(右傾機會主義) right wing opportunism
• 左右前后(左右前後) left, right, in front, and behind; all around
• 右边儿(右邊兒) right side
• 前后左右(前後左右) in front, behind, left and right; all around
• 右转(右轉) to turn right
• 王顾左右而言他(王顧左右而言他) the king looked left and right and then talked of other things
• 资产阶级右派(資產階級右派) bourgeois rightist faction
• 左提右挈 the left lifts, the right helps; mutual help
• 右边(右邊) right
• 右道性力派 Daksinacara
• 右耳旁 right ear radical; name of variant of Kangxi radical 163
• 右职(右職) a senior official
• 巴林右 Bairin Right banner; Baarin Baruun khoshuu
• 右派 (political) right; right wing; rightist
• 左顾右盼(左顧右盼) looking to the left and glancing to the right; to look all around
• 右史 Court Attendant of the Right ; Youshi
• 座右铭(座右銘) motto
• 右箭头键(右箭頭鍵) right arrow key (on keyboard)
• 右翼 the right flank; (politically) right-wing
• 右上 upper right
• 右派分子(右派份子) rightist elements
• 右耳刀 name of Kangxi radical 163
• 右手 right hand ; right side
• 男左女右 the left is for males, the right is for females (traditional saying)
• 右丞 right chancellor
• 左右 approximately ; the left and right ; nearby ; attendants; retainers and officials ; a respectful term of address in letters ; to help ; to control ; to be in two minds about ; in any event
• 左至右 left-to-right
• 左右两难(左右兩難) dilemma; quandary; Scylla and Charybdis; between the devil and the deep blue sea
• 右前卫(右前衛) right forward (soccer position)
• 右弧竖(右弧豎) right vertical stroke
• 左右逢源 to strike water right and left; to turn everything into gold; to have everything going one's way

Also contained in

反右派斗争 、 察哈尔右翼后旗 、 右江 、 反右 、 土默特右旗 、 陇右道 、 科右前旗 、 科尔沁右翼前旗 、 陇右 、 巴林右旗 、 江右 、 右江区 、 反右运动 、 苏尼特右旗 、 叙广右战功

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• 卷九十 志第六十六 兵二 Volume 90 Treatises 66: Military 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 110
• 卷113 官氏志九 Volume 113 Treatise 9: Official Ranks Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 103
• 卷七十九　志第二十九: 　輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 100
• 卷一百六十九 志第一百二十二 職官九 Volume 169 Treatises 122: Offical Posts 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 90
• 卷一百六十八 志第一百二十一 職官八 Volume 168 Treatises 121: Offical Posts 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 84
• 卷一百十一 表第十二 七卿年表一 Volume 111 Tables 12: Annals of the Seven Ministers 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 84
• 卷七十三 志第四十九 職官二 Volume 73 Treatises 49: Official Posts 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 81
• 卷五十五 志第八 天文八 Volume 55 Treatises 8: Astronomy 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 77
• 卷七十二 志第四十八 職官一 Volume 72 Treatises 48: Official Posts 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 66
• 卷一百十二 表第十三 七卿年表二 Volume 112 Tables 13: Annals of the Seven Ministers 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 64

Collocations

• 右师 (右師) 右師圍溫 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 28
• 右尹 (右尹) 右尹子辛將右過申 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 8
• 右宰 (右宰) 衛人使右宰醜涖殺州吁于濮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 7
• 右司马 (右司馬) 為右司馬 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 5
• 右广 (右廣) 右廣初駕 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
• 右行 (右行) 右行賈華 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 车右 (車右) 趙盾之車右祁彌明者 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3
• 右领 (右領) 鄢將師為右領 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 右拒 (右拒) 為右拒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
• 在右 (在右) 淇水在右 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧竹竿 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Zhu Gan — count: 3