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欲

  • yù (yu⁴) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄩˋ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • juk⁶ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • yu̍k Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • ṳ̆k Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • io̍k Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • iog⁸ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁸yoq Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • yù Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄩˋ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • yù Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • yü⁴ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • yù Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • yuh Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • юй Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /y⁵¹/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • juk⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • yuhk Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • juk⁹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • yug⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /jʊk̚²/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • yu̍k Hakka, Miaoli, Phak fa su
  • iug Hakka, Miaoli, Hakka Romanization System
  • yug⁶ Hakka, Miaoli, Hagfa Pinyim
  • /i̯uk̚⁵/ Hakka, Miaoli, IPA
  • yu̍k Hakka, Neipu, Phak fa su
  • (r)iug Hakka, Neipu, Hakka Romanization System
  • yug⁶ Hakka, Neipu, Hagfa Pinyim
  • /(j)i̯uk̚⁵/ Hakka, Neipu, IPA
  • buóh Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • beh Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • berh Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • boeh Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • boh Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • buóh Min Dong, Fuzhou, Foochow Romanized
  • /puɔʔ²⁴/ Min Dong, Fuzhou, IPA
  • beh Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • beq Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • /beʔ³²/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • /beʔ²/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • /beʔ⁵/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • berh Min Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou
  • /bəʔ⁵/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou
  • /bəʔ³²/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou
  • boeh Min Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou
  • bueh Min Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou
  • boeq Min Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou
  • /bu̯eʔ³²/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou
  • boh Min Nan, Hokkien, Tâi lô
  • boiq Min Nan, Hokkien, Phofsit Daibuun
  • ain³ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • àiⁿ Min Nan, Teochew, POJ
  • /ãĩ²¹³/ Min Nan, Teochew, IPA

Where it comes from

形聲漢字（上古 *loɡ）：聲符 谷 (上古 *ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ) + 意符 欠 。

漢藏語系詞。對照緬甸語 လို (lui，“想要、渴望”)（Schuessler, 2007）。

或來自原始漢藏語 *r-ju(w) (“詢問；要求”)，而其也是藏語 ཞུ (zhu，“要求”)的源頭。

釋義

  1. 願望；渴望 口腹之欲
  2. 想要，希望 工欲善其事，必先利其器。
  3. 即將，將要 搖搖欲墜

釋義

  1. error lua timeout 想要 你欲佮我去圖書館無？
  2. Min Dong, Min Nan 即將，將要 欲落雨矣，咱著出去收衫。
  3. Hokkien, 海南話 如果 欲我，我就會較早睏。

Similar: 欲₁, 要, 想, 愛, 討, 讓, 欲₃, 樂

釋義

  1. 愛／爱 (ain3)的另一種寫法。
  2. 需要；想要 ain3
  3. 要求 ain3
  4. 應該；必須 ain3
  5. 即將，將要 ain3

Thesaurus

釋義

Similar: 欲₁, 要, 想, 愛, 討, 讓, 欲₃, 樂

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"欲." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%AC%B2. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

欲. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%AC%B2

Chicago

"欲." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%AC%B2.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {欲},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%AC%B2},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}