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Meaning of

禹 means Yu the Great; legendary founder of the Xia Dynasty who controlled floods; surname Yu. Pronounced Yǔ.

  • Yu the Great; legendary founder of the Xia Dynasty who controlled floods
  • surname Yu

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Definitions & Examples

zhì
shuǐ
de
shi
liú
chuán
le
qiān
nián
 

The story of Yu the Great controlling the floods has been passed down for thousands of years.

shì
Xià
cháo
de
kāi
guó
jūn
zhǔ
 

Yu was the founding monarch of the Xia Dynasty.

Kǎo
xué
jiā
zhèng
zài
yán
jiū
shí
dài
de
wén
huà
 

Archaeologists are studying the cultural relics of the era of Yu the Great.

jiù
xiàng
yàng
 
sān
guò
jiā
mén
ér
 

He is just like Yu the Great, passing by his own home three times without entering.

jiàn
le
Zhōng
guó
shǐ
shàng
shì
zhì
wáng
cháo
 

Yu established the first hereditary dynasty in Chinese history.