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yu en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /juː/

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 玉.

Meanings

  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. 1962, William Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, page 34:
  2. (archaic, uncountable) Jade, nephrite or jadeite.
    • The Yu, although of the hardness of rock crystal, is worked into an endless variety of forms […] 1818, Clarke Abel, Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, page 133:
    • Another stone with which it would be interesting to compare it is the celebrated yu stone of the Chinese, which Dr. Abel, in his work on China, conjectured to be a species of nephrite […] 1826, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies:

Forms

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Source: en.wiktionary, “yu” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

yu en · PRON · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /juː/

Etymology

See you.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling) Eye dialect spelling of you.
    alt of 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." 2009 March 10, Rosie DiManno, “Murder reduced to infantile online postings”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2009:
Source: en.wiktionary, “yu” (pron), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

yu en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /juː/

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ю (ju).

Meanings

  1. The letter Ю, ю.

Forms

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Relateds

yu sheng · yu shiang · yu choy · yu toy

Translations (1)

ru ю (Ю)