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喻
yù
1. to describe sth as
2. an analogy
3. a simile
4. a metaphor
5. an allegory
Common • Top 11% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

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

Compound Words (20)

隐喻
yǐnyù
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
借喻
jièyù
to use sth as a metaphor
比喻义
bǐyùyì
figurative meaning (of a word)
提喻法
tíyùfǎ
synecdoche
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
家喻户晓
jiāyùhùxiǎo
understood by everyone (idiom); well known
HSK 6
不可理喻
bùkělǐyù
to be impervious to reason (idiom)
不言而喻
bùyánéryù
it goes without saying
HSK 6

Alternate Entries

喻
Yù
surname Yu

Metadata

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

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