yù
钰
precious treasure; hard metal
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
precious treasure; gem; hard metal
literaryPrimarily used in personal names in modern Chinese. As a common noun, it is literary and archaic, referring to precious treasures or hard metals.
Tā她
de的
míng名
zì字
jiào叫
zuò做
Lǐ李
Yù钰
。
Her name is Li Yu.
Yù钰
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
zhēn珍
guì贵
de的
jīn金
shǔ属
。
Yu is a kind of precious metal.
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Gǔ古
jí籍
zhōng中
jì记
zài载
,
yù钰
nǎi乃
zhēn珍
bǎo宝
yě也
。
Ancient texts record that Yu refers to precious treasures.