Meaning
extra; surplus; remaining; after; I; me
Chinese: 额外的、仍然存在。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “yu” becomes a different word in each tone. 余 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 其余qí yúthe rest; the others; remaining; remainder
- 业余yè yúin one's spare time; outside working hours; amateur (historian etc)
- 多余duō yúsuperfluous; unnecessary; surplus
- 剩余shèng yúremainder; surplus
- 余额yú ébalance (of an account, bill etc); surplus; remainder
Example Sentence
做完作业后，我还有一些空余时间。Zuò wán zuò yè hòu, wǒ hái yǒu yì xiē kòng yú shí jiān.After finishing my homework, I still have some free time.
做完Zuò wánto finish作业zuò yèschool assignment后hòuempress，我wǒI还有hái yǒuin addition一yìone些xiēsome空余kòng yúfree时间shí jiān(concept of) time。