与 (yǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow”.
Meanings
- 1(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases)
- 2(formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year")
- 3(literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- Part of speech
- preposition, conjunction
Related words
与to take part in与variant of 歟|欤[yu2]参与to participate (in sth)与众不同(idiom) to stand out from the crowd; distinctive; different from the rest与此同时at the same time; meanwhile与否whether or not (at the end of a phrase)无与伦比incomparable与世隔绝to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)参与者participant事与愿违things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)赠与variant of 贈予|赠予[zeng4 yu3]与其rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4 ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")