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予
yǔ
1. to give
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

予
yǔ
to give; to award
HSK 6 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

不予
bùyú
to withhold
寄予
jìyú
to place (hope, importance etc) on
授予
shòuyǔ
to award
HSK 6
施予
shīyǔ
variant of [[施與|施与<shīyǔ>]]
给予
jǐyǔ
to accord
HSK 6
赐予
cìyǔ
to grant
赋予
fùyǔ
to assign
HSK 6
赠予
zèngyǔ
to give a present
酌予
zhuóyǔ
to give as one sees fit
予以
yǔyǐ
to give
准予
zhǔnyǔ
to grant
宰予
ZǎiYǔ
Zai Yu (522-458 BC), disciple of Confucius
不予理会
bùyǔlǐhuì
to ignore
不予评论
bùyǔpínglùn
No comment!
予人口实
yǔrénkǒushí
to give cause for gossip
欧阳予倩
ŌuyángYúqiàn
Ouyang Yuqian (1889-1962), Chinese actor
予以照顾
yǔyǐzhàogù
to ask somebody to carefully consider a request (idiom)
寄予厚望
jìyǔhòuwàng
to place high hopes
欲取姑予
yùqǔgūyǔ
variant of [[欲取姑與|欲取姑与<yùqǔgūyǔ>]]
宰予昼寝
ZǎiYǔzhòuqǐn
Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures

Alternate Entries

予
yú
(archaic) I / me

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
924
Word Frequency Rank
2,476 of 84,292