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yu¹

  • /juː/

Sounds like Yoo, you, yew, ewe (not in Wales) · Rhymes with -uː

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Chinese 玉.

noun yu

  1. countable An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover. A group of slenderer yu also survive from the Shang into the early Chou period, though they are rarer than the other design […] A yu with square body in the Hakuzuru Museum is the finest of these.
  2. archaic, uncountable Jade, nephrite or jadeite. The Yu, although of the hardness of rock crystal, is worked into an endless variety of forms […]

yu²

  • /juː/

Sounds like Yoo, you, yew, ewe (not in Wales) · Rhymes with -uː

Where it comes from

See you.

pronoun

  1. pronunciation spelling Eye dialect spelling of you.you Then, in a staggering display of empathy for the deceased lacking, this friend segues to the narcissist nub of the matter: "Omg wat if yu get arrested b4 yur bdai."

yu³

  • /juː/

Sounds like Yoo, you, yew, ewe (not in Wales) · Rhymes with -uː

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Russian ю (ju).

noun yus

  1. The letter Ю, ю.

Yu⁴

Where it comes from

Abbreviation.

proper noun Yu. · YU

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Yukon: a territory of Canada.Yukon

Yu⁵

  • /ˈju/

Where it comes from

Transliteration:

* (Mandarin): From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin (for: ㄩˊ, ㄩˇ, ㄩˋ, ㄧㄡˊ) (余, 于, 由 (yóu), 魚 /鱼 (yú) / 鱼 (yú), 漁 /渔 (yú), 渔 (yú), 楀 (yǔ), 俞, 喻, 兪, 於 /于, 遇 (yù), 虞 (yú), 郁 (yù), 尉, 禹 (yǔ), 游 (yóu), 尤 (yóu), 庾 (yǔ), 娛 /娱, 娱, 茹)

* (Korean): From Korean 유 (yu) or 류 (ryu) (柳, 劉, 兪, 庾)

* (Japanese): From Japanese ゆう or ユウ (優, 夕, 友, 有, 勇, 祐, 裕, 雄, 悠, 由宇, 侑)

proper noun Yus

  1. Synonym of You; A surname from Mandarin. 彰化縣福興鄉「干樂達人」（干樂：陀螺）尤茂雄，鑽研陀螺五十年，四處表演推廣陀螺民俗，
  2. Synonym of Yoo; A surname from Korean.
  3. Synonym of Yuu; A unisex given name from Japanese.

Similar: You, Yuu, Yū

Yu⁶

Where it comes from

From Mandarin 盂 (Yú).

proper noun

  1. A county of Yangquan, Shanxi, China. She went to Yangquan Village of Yuxian County in Shanxi Province. Having never been to such a remote and backward countryside area with its scenic views and fresh air, Kang joked with her colleagues that it was like being on a tourist trip.

YU⁷

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Synonym of YT: Abbreviation of Yukon (“Yukon Territory”). A territory of CanadaYukon

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