What does yu mean?
Yu means (archaeology, countable) An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover..
Yu
/juː/ · noun
Meaning
(archaeology, countable) An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover..
Definitions by Sense
- (archaeology, countable) An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
- (archaic, uncountable) Jade, nephrite or jadeite.
- Eye dialect spelling of you.
- The letter Ю, ю.
Example Sentences
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.
The Yu, although of the hardness of rock crystal, is worked into an endless variety of forms […]
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 […]
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."
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- yu
- yus
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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.
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