Yu
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /juː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Yu is a noun meaning (archaeology, countable) An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
Meaning
(archaeology, countable) An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
More Meanings
- Eye dialect spelling of you.
- The letter Ю, ю.
- (archaic, uncountable) Jade, nephrite or jadeite.
Example Sentences
The Yu, although of the hardness of rock crystal, is worked into an endless variety of forms […]
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."
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 […]
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cha, chih, ki, lun, tyan, pao.
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