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喻
Yù
1. surname Yu
Common • Top 11% ✏️ 12 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

喻
yù
metaphor, analogy; example; such as, like
HSK 6 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

借喻
jièyù
to use sth as a metaphor
换喻
huànyù
metonymy
明喻
míngyù
simile
暗喻
ànyù
metaphor
晓喻
xiǎoyù
to inform
比喻
bǐyù
to compare
HSK 6
理喻
lǐyù
to reason with sb
自喻
zìyù
to refer to oneself as
譬喻
pìyù
analogy
转喻
zhuǎnyù
metonymy
逆喻
nìyù
oxymoron
隐喻
yǐnyù
metaphor
提喻法
tíyùfǎ
synecdoche
比喻义
bǐyùyì
figurative meaning (of a word)
不可理喻
bùkělǐyù
to be impervious to reason (idiom)
不可言喻
bùkěyányù
inexpressible (idiom)
不言而喻
bùyánéryù
it goes without saying
HSK 6
借古喻今
jiègǔyùjīn
to borrow the past as a model for the present
喻世明言
YùshìMíngyán
another name for [[古今小說|古今小说<GǔjīnXiǎoshuō>]], Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong [[馮夢龍|冯梦龙<FéngMènglóng>]]
大脑比喻
dànǎobǐyù
brain metaphor

Alternate Entries

喻
yù
to describe sth as / an analogy / a simile / a metaphor / an allegory

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,272
Word Frequency Rank
9,209 of 84,292