HSK 6 · Function Words

愈 yù “the more … the more” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 愈 means

  1. the more … the more
  2. to recover (from illness)
  3. the more…(the more…)
  4. to recover
  5. to heal
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • better

How to say 愈

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale愈yù4th tone, falling

愈 in a sentence

  1. 认识的人愈多，见面的时间就愈少。

    Rènshi de rén yù duō, jiànmiàn de shíjiān jiù yù shǎo.

    The more people you know, the less time you have to see each of them.

    Sentence #1324140 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 风愈吹愈猛。

    Fēng yù chuī yù měng.

    The wind is blowing harder and harder.

    Sentence #362626 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 祝你早日痊愈！

    Zhù nǐ zǎorì quányù!

    I wish you a speedy recovery!

    Sentence #1304727 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 愈 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 愈 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
愈yùthe more…
  • 俞to consent · yúSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 俞 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with yù.

How to write 愈

愈 13 strokes

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

Words related to 愈

More words: Function Words & Grammar

以至yǐzhì · to such an extent that以致yǐzhì · with the result that勇于yǒngyú · to have the courage to犹如yóurú · just like咋zǎ · how照样zhàoyàng · as usual之际zhījì · at the time of致使zhìshǐ · to cause

FAQs

愈 (yù) means “the more … the more” or “to recover (from illness)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yù: yù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 愈 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 愈 from the suggestions. Typing yu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
愈 is an HSK 6 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.