玉 yù
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yù
adjective
precious
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 珍贵 (Guoyu '玉' adj 3) -
yù
noun
jade; a precious stone; a gem
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geology , Concept: Gemstone 宝石
Notes: (ABC 'yù' 1; Guoyu '玉' n 1; Kroll 2015 '玉' 1; NCCED '玉' 1; Unihan '玉') -
yù
noun
Kangxi radical 96
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '玉' n 2) -
yù
adjective
fair; beautiful
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'yù' 2; Guoyu '玉' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '玉' 1a; NCCED '玉' 2) -
yù
adjective
your
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A respectful term (ABC 'yù' 3; Guoyu '玉' adj 4; Kroll 2015 '玉' 1b; NCCED '玉' 3) -
yù
adjective
pure white
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '玉' 2) -
yù
verb
to groom
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '玉' v)
Contained in
- 玉蜀黍 corn
- 玉米糁(玉米糝) corn grits
- 怜香惜玉(憐香惜玉) to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex
- 美玉 fine jade
- 白玉 white jade
- 玉女 a beautiful woman; a beautiful maiden ; a female celestial diety; fairy maiden
- 香消玉殒(香消玉殞) fragrance dispersed, jade lost; for a female to have passed away
- 黑煤玉 jet
- 嘉玉 ceremonial jade
- 爱玉(愛玉) jelly fig seed
- 张玉书(張玉書) Zhang Yushu
- 玉米花 popcorn
- 玉石 precious stones; jade and stone
- 引玉之砖(引玉之磚) a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade
- 香销玉沉(香銷玉沉) fragrance dispersed, jade lost; for a female to have passed away
- 化干戈为玉帛(化干戈為玉帛) to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk; to turn hostility into friendship
- 玉兰花(玉蘭花) magnolia
- 兰摧玉折(蘭摧玉折) premature death of a budding talent; those whom the Gods love die young
- 纤纤玉手(纖纖玉手) slender white hands
- 玉露 gyokuro ; early-morning autumn dew ; fine liquor
- 璧玉 jade disk with a hole in the center
- 玉头姬鹟(玉頭姬鶲) sapphire flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira)
- 玉照 as sparkling and translucent as jade ; a photograph
- 鼎铛玉石(鼎鐺玉石) to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone; a waste of precious material
- 香娇玉嫩(香嬌玉嫩) a beautiful woman
- 玉英 fine jade ; a beautiful flower ; saliva
- 宁为玉碎,不为瓦全(寧為玉碎,不為瓦全) Better broken jade than intact tile.; Death is preferable to dishonor.
- 玉米片 cornflakes; tortilla chips
- 段玉裁 Duan Yucai
- 锦衣玉食(錦衣玉食) brocade garments, jade meals; a life of luxury; extravagance
- 玉夫座 Sculptor
- 玉成 please help achieve something
- 玉竹 angular Solomon's seal; Polygonatum odoratum
- 字字珠玉 every word a gem; magnificent writing
- 玉茭 corn
- 宝玉(寶玉) precious jade; treasures
Also contained in
玉台新咏 、 吴玉章 、 白玉河 、 玉山 、 玉川市 、 右玉 、 玉娇梨 、 埼玉 、 墨玉 、 玉门 、 玉里镇 、 玉州区 、 回良玉 、 玉门市 、 玉林市
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 《玉部》 Yù Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 239
- 卷二百七十三 列傳第一百六十一 左良玉 高傑 祖寬 Volume 273 Biographies 161: Zuo Liangyu, Gao Jie, Zu Kuan History of Ming 明史 — count: 165
- 第二回 Chapter 3 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 84
- 卷六十六 志第四十二 輿服二 Volume 66 Treatises 42: Carriages and Clothing 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 72
- 第二回 Chapter 82 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 69
- 第四十八回 Chapter 48 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 61
- 卷二十三 志第三: 禮儀三 Volume 23 Treatises 3: Rites 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 57
- 卷五 中山經 Chapter 5: Classic of the Mountains - Central Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 54
- 卷一百十四 志第六十七 禮十七 Volume 114 Treatises 67: Rites 17 History of Song 宋史 — count: 53
- 卷12 志第7 禮儀七 Volume 12 Treatises 7: Rites 7 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 53
Collocations
- 子玉 (子玉) 子玉請殺之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 27
- 佩玉 (佩玉) 佩玉之儺 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧竹竿 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Zhu Gan — count: 15
- 玉帛 (玉帛) 犧牲玉帛 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 12
- 玉曰 (玉曰) 故使止子玉曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 8
- 执玉 (執玉) 執玉而沈曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 6
- 用玉 (用玉) 用玉氣也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 4
- 赤玉 (赤玉) 赤玉做的珮飾 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧木瓜 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mu Gua — count: 4
- 玄玉 (玄玉) 服玄玉 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 4
- 玉使 (玉使) 子玉使伯棼請戰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
- 辞玉 (辭玉) 襄仲辭玉曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3