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餘

yú

surplus, excess, remainder

Strokes
15
Radical
食
HSK
—
Tone
2

Simplified form: 余

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 余, the simplified form of 餘. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 现在有剩余。

    Xiàn zài yǒu shèng yú

    Now there is some left over.

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  • 还有多余的盐吗？

    Hái yǒu duō yú de yán ma

    Is there any salt left?

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  • 你留在这儿，其余的人去外面

    Nǐ liú zài zhè r qí yú de rén qù wài miàn

    You stay here. Everyone else go outside.

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  • 她称自己为业余爱好者。

    Tā chēng zì jǐ wèi yè yú ài hào zhě

    She calls herself a hobbyist.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 余

  • 其余qí yú 2–2 the rest; the others; remaining; remainder; apart from them
  • 业余yè yú 4–2 in one's spare time; outside working hours; amateur (historian etc)
  • 多余duō yú 1–2 superfluous; unnecessary; surplus
  • 剩余shèng yú 4–2 remainder; surplus
  • 余yú 2extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me
  • 余地yú dì 2–4 margin; leeway
  • 余额yú é 2–2 balance (of an account, bill etc); surplus; remainder