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Meaning of 余

Pinyin yú

Radical

人

Strokes

Definition

extra / surplus / remaining / after / I / me

Usage

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余 (餘) yú 1. 文言代词，我。 Literary pronoun, I. 2. 剩下来的，多出来的。 Remaining, surplus. 3. 十、百、千等整数或名数后的零数。 The zeros following whole numbers such as ten, hundred, thousand. 4. 后。 Later. 5. 农历四月的别称。 Alternate name for the fourth month of the lunar calendar. 6. 姓。 Surname. 余 (餘) yú 动 (verb) 本义: 饱足 Basic meaning: To be full. 1. 饱足。足食得饱 Have eaten one's fill; be full. 2. 剩下; 剩余 Remain; leave over. 余 (餘) yú 形 (adjective) 1. 剩下的，多余的 Surplus; spare. 2. 残留的; 遗留的 Remaining; leftover. 3. 次要的 Secondary. 4. 不尽，无穷 Infinite; endless. 5. 其余，其他，以外 Other; besides. 6. 多，表示整数后不定的零数 More than; a number of unspecified zeros after a whole number. 余 (餘) yú 名 (noun) 1. 闲暇 Leisure. 第一人称代词，我或我的 First-person pronoun, I or my. 余 (餘) yú 名 (noun) 1. 农历四月的别称 Alternate name for the fourth month of the lunar calendar. 2. 姓 Surname. 3. “余”的简化字 “余” Simplified character for "余". 4. 另见 yú See also yú. （*引自繁体辞典解释） (*Excerpt from traditional dictionary explanations) 参见「余余」、「余吾镇」等条。 See also "余余", "余吾镇", and other entries.

万余吨 wàn yú dūn

Ten thousand tons

余姚市 Yú yáo shì

Yuyao county level city in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1], Zhejiang

余孽 yú niè

remaining evil element / surviving members (of evil former regime) / dregs (of colonial administration)

余卓成 yú zhuó chéng

Yu Zhuocheng

剩余产品 shèng yú chǎn pǐn

residual products / surplus products

余剩 yú shèng

surplus / remainder

剩余劳动力 shèng yú láo dòng lì

surplus labor / manpower surplus

劫后余生 jié hòu yú shēng

after the calamity, renewed life (idiom); new lease of life

游刃有余 yóu rèn yǒu yú

handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily

心有余悸 xīn yǒu yú jì

to have lingering fears / trepidation remaining after a trauma (idiom)

余悸 yú jì

lingering fear

扶余 Fú yú

Fuyu county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin / Pu'yo, Korean Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in northeast frontier region of China

冗余 rǒng yú

redundancy / redundant

余暇 yú xiá

leisure / spare time / leisure time

余杭县 yú háng xiàn

Yuhang County

余枚 yú méi

十余枚 shí yú méi

More than ten

余沧海 yú cāng hǎi

Yu Canghai

余种 yú zhǒng

More species

余地 yú dì

margin / leeway

业余 yè yú

in one's spare time / outside working hours / amateur (historian etc)

多余 duō yú

superfluous / unnecessary / surplus

剩余 shèng yú

remainder / surplus

余下 yú xià

remaining

余万 yú wàn

More than ten thousand

有余 yǒu yú

to have an abundance

残余 cán yú

remnant / relic / residue / vestige / surplus / to remain / to leave surplus

余额 yú é

balance (of an account, bill etc) / surplus / remainder

剩余劳动 shèng yú láo dòng

surplus labour / surplus labor

余年 yú nián

one's remaining years

十余 shí yú

More than ten

十余年 shí yú nián

more than ten years / more than a decade

余脉 yú mài

Remaining pulse

余处 yú chù

Rest

剩余价值 shèng yú jià zhí

surplus value

剩余价值率 shèng yú jià zhí lǜ

rate of surplus value

余烬 yú jìn

ember

盈余 yíng yú

surplus / profit

余秋雨 yú qiū yǔ

Yu Qiuyu（人名）

余亩 yú mǔ

More than acres

余篇 yú piān

绰绰有余 chuò chuò yǒu yú

enough and to spare (idiom)

其余 qí yú

the rest / the others / remaining / remainder / apart from them

万余 wàn yú

Ten thousand

十余丈 shí yú zhàng

More than ten feet

余艘 yú sōu

More ships

余音袅袅 yú yīn niǎo niǎo

The music lingered in the air long after the performance ended. / The enchanting notes persist long after the musicians bowed out. / The dying sounds are carried far.

一览无余 yī lǎn wú yú

to cover all at one glance (idiom) / a panoramic view

余辆 yú liàng

More cars

万余辆 wàn yú liàng

More than ten thousand

死有余辜 sǐ yǒu yú gū

death cannot wipe out the crimes (idiom); dreadful crimes that rankled even after the perpetrator is dead

不遗余力 bù yí yú lì

to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost

万余公顷 wàn yú gōng qǐng

10,000 hectares

余公顷 yú gōng qǐng

More than hectares