HSK 4 · Function Words

尤其 yóuqí “especially” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 尤其 means

  1. especially
  2. particularly

How to say 尤其

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale尤yóu2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale其qí2nd tone, rising

尤其 in a sentence

  1. 我很喜欢音乐，尤其是古典音乐。

    Wǒ hěn xǐhuan yīnyuè, yóuqí shì gǔdiǎn yīnyuè.

    I love music, particularly classical.

    Sentence #567351 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 尤其是要注意你吃的和喝的东西。

    Yóuqí shì yào zhùyì nǐ chī de hé hē de dōngxi.

    You have to pay special attention to what you eat and drink.

    Sentence #333548 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 尤其是要有耐心。

    Yóuqí shì yào yǒu nàixīn.

    Above all, you need to be patient.

    Sentence #343936 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 尤其 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 尤 (yóu) with each of its parts in a different colour
尤yóuoutstanding
  • 尢lame · wāngSound part
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
The character 其 (qí) with each of its parts in a different colour
其qíhis
  • 甘sweet · gān
  • 一one · yī
  • 八eight · bā

Memory aidDrawn from a winnowing basket. That meaning moved to 箕 (jī), and 其 came to mean “its, that”.

How to write 尤其

尤 4 strokes · 其 8 strokes

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尤其 (yóuqí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 尤其 (yóuqí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 尤其

Words with 其

其实qíshí · actually其他qítā · other其次qícì · next其中qízhōng · among极其jíqí · extremely其余qíyú · the rest与其yǔqí · rather than (与其 A，不如 B: B rather than A)名副其实míngfùqíshí · worthy of the name莫名其妙mòmíngqímiào · baffling

More words: Particles & Connectors

页yè · page一切yíqiè · everything以yǐ · with因此yīncǐ · thus由yóu · by由于yóuyú · due to于是yúshì · thereupon与yǔ · and

FAQs

尤其 (yóuqí) means “especially” or “particularly”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it yóuqí: yóu with a 2nd tone, then qí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 尤其 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type youqi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 尤其 from the suggestions. Typing youqi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
尤其 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.