愈 yù
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- Made of
- 俞 to consent, to approve 心 heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
愈
yù
increasingly; the more
Character
Example phrases
- 随着证据不断浮现，案件背后的利益关系愈显复杂。 Suízhe zhèngjù bùduàn fúxiàn, ànjiàn bèihòu de lìyì guānxì yù xiǎn fùzá. As evidence continued to emerge, the web of interests behind the case appeared increasingly complex.
- 天气愈冷，我愈怀念家里那碗热汤。 Tiānqì yù lěng, wǒ yù huáiniàn jiā lǐ nà wǎn rè tāng. The colder the weather gets, the more I miss that bowl of hot soup at home.
- 这本小说愈读到后面，愈让人放不下手。 Zhè běn xiǎoshuō yù dú dào hòumiàn, yù ràng rén fàng bù xià shǒu. The further you read into this novel, the harder it is to put down.
Related words
- 愈合 yùhé to heal
- 愈加 yùjiā increasingly; all the more
- 愈演愈烈 yùyǎnyùliè to intensify; to grow increasingly fierce
- 治愈 zhìyù to cure; to heal
- 未免 wèimiǎn rather; a bit too
- 唯 wéi only; alone; merely
- 越发 yuèfā increasingly; all the more
- 唯独 wéidú only; alone; solely
- 尤为 yóuwéi especially; particularly
- 唯有 wéiyǒu only; only by
- 万分 wànfēn extremely; exceedingly
- 无非 wúfēi nothing more than; simply; merely