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
- 爆玉米花 to make popcorn; popcorn
- 玉肌 flesh of a beautiful woman
- 葬玉埋香 burying jade and interring incense; funeral for a beautiful person
- 金科玉律 golden rule
- 玉米糕 corn cake; polenta (corn mush)
- 玉米片 cornflakes; tortilla chips
- 玉斗 a wine vessel with jade decoration ; Yudou
- 段玉裁 Duan Yucai
- 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
- 玉髓 chalcedony; agate; exquisite wine
- 爱玉子(愛玉子) jelly fig seed (Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang)
- 勾玉 magatama (Japanese curved beads)
- 玉璞 stone containing jade; uncut jade
- 金玉其外，败絮其中(金玉其外，敗絮其中) gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside
- 戛玉锵金(戛玉鏘金) jade striking gold
- 珠玉 pearls and jades; jewels; clever remark; beautiful writing; gems of wisdom; genius; outstanding person
- 翠冠玉 peyote (Lophophora williamsii)
- 青白玉 gray-white jade
- 玉皇上帝 Jade Emperor
- 树化玉(樹化玉) wood jade (type of petrified wood)
- 绮年玉貌(綺年玉貌) the beauty of youth
- 玉米饼(玉米餅) corn cake; Mexican tortilla
- 金玉满堂(金玉滿堂) a house full of gold and jade
- 琼楼玉宇(瓊樓玉宇) bejeweled jade palace; sumptuous dwelling
- 玉米赤霉烯酮 zearalenone
- 金玉 gold and jade; precious
- 玉衣 a jade burial suit
- 玉石俱焚 to burn both jade and common stone; to destroy indiscriminately
- 玉珉 jade and jade-like stone; impossible to distinguish the genuine from the fake
- 秦韬玉(秦韜玉) Qin Taoyu
- 琼浆玉液(瓊漿玉液) bejeweled nectar; ambrosia of the immortals; superb liquor; top quality wine
- 玉音 (deferential) your letter
- 玉米笋(玉米筍) baby corn
- 字字珠玉 every word a gem; magnificent writing
- 玉笈 a jade bookcase
Also contained in
吴玉章 、 玉溪地区 、 玉林地区 、 玉堂春 、 玉井乡 、 玉门市 、 玉里 、 玉田 、 玉山 、 李群玉 、 玉州 、 玉器 、 宋玉 、 金玉缘 、 霍小玉传 、 玉树藏族自治州
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
- 玄玉 (玄玉) 服玄玉 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — 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
- 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
- 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
- 玉食 (玉食) 惟辟玉食 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 3