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
- 羊脂白玉 white jade
- 秦韬玉(秦韜玉) Qin Taoyu
- 玉出崑冈(玉出崑岡) jade comes from Kunlun Mountain
- 香消玉殒(香消玉殞) fragrance dispersed, jade lost; for a female to have passed away
- 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
- 黑煤玉 jet
- 玉米花 popcorn
- 玉竹 angular Solomon's seal; Polygonatum odoratum
- 绿玉髓(綠玉髓) chrysoprase (mineral)
- 戛玉敲金 jade striking gold
- 爱玉子(愛玉子) jelly fig seed (Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang)
- 玉米糖浆(玉米糖漿) corn syrup
- 珠玉在侧(珠玉在側) gems at the side; flanked by genius
- 玉米粉 cornflour; corn starch
- 守身如玉 preserve one's body like jade; to preserve one's purity
- 黄玉(黃玉) topaz
- 玉璞 stone containing jade; uncut jade
- 玉手 lily-white hands
- 堆金积玉(堆金積玉) lit. pile up gold and jade; very rich
- 象箸玉杯 ivory chopsticks and a jade cup; a life of luxury
- 玉笄 a jade hairpin
- 雕玉 sculpting of jade
- 小家碧玉 pretty daughter in a humble family
- 幎目缀玉(幎目綴玉) a jade burial mask; a jade funerary mask
- 玉髓 chalcedony; agate; exquisite wine
- 玉米面(玉米麵) cornmeal; maize flour
- 玉衣 a jade burial suit
- 香娇玉嫩(香嬌玉嫩) a beautiful woman
- 玉树(玉樹) Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture ; a jade plant
- 玉人 a jade worker ; a jade statuette ; a beautiful person
- 玉堂 a wealthy household ; the residence of an imperial concubine ; a palace hall ; an imperial office ; Yutang; Hanlin ; the home of an immortal
- 纤纤玉手(纖纖玉手) slender white hands
- 积玉堆金(積玉堆金) to stockpile jade and gold; to accumulate piles of wealth
- 截金雕玉 cut gold, carved jade
- 玉素甫 Yusuf, Arabic given name (Joseph)
Also contained in
玉溪 、 林黛玉 、 玉州区 、 梁红玉 、 玉井 、 郑廷玉 、 玉屏县 、 传国玉玺 、 玉山 、 玉树县 、 玉环县 、 石玉昆 、 白玉县 、 玉田县 、 玉门关 、 宋玉
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12 志第7 禮儀七 Volume 12 Treatises 7: Rites 7 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 53
- 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
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: 7
- 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
- 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
- 玄玉 (玄玉) 服玄玉 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 4
- 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
- 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