喻 (jyu6 | yu4) : explain; understand; analogy

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喻

jyu6

yu4

[1] explain; make clear; inform
[2] understand; know; comprehend
[3] draw an analogy; be compared to

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

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

喻

This word has been viewed 5715 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Dec 2010 02:17

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不言而喻 bat1 jin4 ji4 jyu6 bu4 yan2 er2 yu4 = it goes without saying

比喻 bei2 jyu6 bi3 yu4 = metaphor

家喻戶曉 gaa1 jyu6 wu6 hiu2 jia1 yu4 hu4 xiao3 = (saying) understood by every household - common knowledge

大腦比喻 daai6 nou5 bei2 jyu6 da4 nao3 bi3 yu4 = brain metaphor

逆喻 jik6 jyu6 = an oxymoron (self-contradictory figure of speech)

諷喻 fung3 jyu6 feng4 yu4 = allegory; parable

借喻 ze3 jyu6 jie4 yu4 = use as a metaphor; metonymy

不可理喻 bat1 ho2 lei5 jyu6 bu4 ke3 li3 yu4 = won't listen to reason 國

比喻的 bei2 jyu6 dik1 bi3 yu4 de5 = [adj] parabolic 國

計算機比喻 gai3 syun3 gei1 bei2 jyu6 ji4 suan4 ji1 bi3 yu4 = computer metaphor
See all 12 compounds (CantoDict reports 11 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 喻
Unicode code for this character: U+55bb (off-site link)

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