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  jyu6   jyutping
  yu4   pinyin
[1] [v] meet; encounter; come across
[2] [v] treat; receive; entertain
[3] [n] chance; opportunity; luck

Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: noun
Stroke count: 13
Level: 1
Radical: (#162)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 9832 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 31st Mar 2014 14:30

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detail  zou1 jyu6  zao1 yu4 = encounter; meet with; experience
detail  jyu6 gin3  yu4 jian4 = to meet
detail  jyu6 dou3*2  yu4 dao4 = to meet
detail  gei1 jyu6  ji1 yu4 = stroke of good luck; fortune; opportunity
detail  doi6 jyu6  dai4 yu4 = treatment; pay; salary; remuneration
detail  jyu4 jyu6  ru2 yu4 = in case, if encountered
detail  zai3 jyu6  ji4 yu4 = fortunes; luck
detail  jyu6 hoi6  yu4 hai4 = be murdered; killed
detail  jyu6 soeng5   = to rub up against
detail  jyu6 zaap6   = batter; attack
detail  bat1 kei4 ji4 jyu6  bu4 qi1 er2 yu4 (PRC), bu4 qi2 er2 yu4 (Taiwan) = meet by chance; have a chance encounter
detail  dak6 bit6 doi6 jyu6  te4 bie2 dai4 yu4 = special treatment
detail  soeng1 jyu6   = to meet one another; to become acquainted with
detail  ging2 jyu6  jing4 yu4 = circumstance
detail  kei4 jyu6  qi2 yu4 = happy encounter, fortuitous meeting, adventure
detail  ngau5 jyu6  ou3 yu4 = an encounter
detail  ngoi6 jyu6   = extra-marital affair
detail  soeng5 dak1 saan1 do1 zung2 jyu6 fu2   = if one does risky things all the time then sooner or later he will get into trouble
detail  taa1 hoeng1 jyu6 gu3 zi1   = run into an old friend in a foreign place
detail  jyu6 ngaam1   = by coincidence
detail  jyu6 hoi6 ze2  yu4 hai4 zhe3 = victims of a tragedy such as an accident or murder etc.
detail  jyu6 naan6  yu4 nan4 = to encounter a tragedy; to meet disaster
detail  jyu6 him2  yu4 xian3 = in distress, to meet with danger
detail  jyu6 nik6  yu4 ni4 = drowning, near-drowning, almost got drown
detail  jyu6 jan4 bat1 suk6  yu4 ren2 bu4 shu1 [PRC] shu2 [TW] = (of a woman) be married to a scoundrel; have a good-for-nothing as a husband
detail  waai4 coi4 bat1 jyu6  huai2 cai2 bu4 yu4 = have one's talent go unrecognized
detail  jyu6 ci3  yu4 ci4 = to be attacked by an assassin; a stabbing attack
detail  haau2 jyu6  qiao3 yu4 = chance upon; meet unexpectedly
detail  soeng5 dak1 saan1 do1 zung1 jyu6 fu2   = once too often
detail  muk6 ngau5 kei4 jyu6 gei3   = Pinocchio
detail  bat1 gung1 ping4 doi6 jyu6  bu4 gong1 ping2 dai4 yu4 = unfair treatment
detail  jim6 jyu6  yan4 yu4 = romantic encounter
detail  seong1 cing2 bat1 jyu4 ngau5 jyu6  xiang1 qing3 bu4 ru2 ou3 yu4 = it's better to meet by chance than to intentionally invite each other
detail  ho2 jyu6 bat1 ho2 kau4  ke3 yu4 bu4 ke3 qiu2 = fortuitous

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