yú

Traditional: 餘

HSK 7–9

余 (yú) is a Chinese word meaning “extra; surplus; remaining”.

Meanings

  1. 1extra
  2. 2surplus
  3. 3remaining
  4. 4remainder after division
  5. 5(following numerical value) or more
  6. 6in excess of (some number)
  7. 7residue (math.)
  8. 8after
  9. 9I
  10. 10me
Part of speech
verb, numeral

Related words

余生the remaining years of one's life业余in one's spare time其余the rest多余superfluous余地margin剩余remainder余(literary) I; me余surname Yu余下remaining残余remnant不遗余力to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost余额balance (of an account, bill etc)

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