優 (jau1 | you1) : good; superior; excellent; (canto) pull

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優

jau1

you1

[1] good; superior; excellent [2] abundant; plenty [3] players (as in an opera); actor [4] victory; winning [5] soft [6] a Chinese family name [7] (Cantonese) pull

Stroke count: 17

Level: 3

Radical: 亻 (#9)

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

優 / 优

This word has been viewed 11702 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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優劣 jau1 lyut3 you1 lie4 = good and bad; merits and drawbacks

優先 jau1 sin1 you1 xian1 = priority, in advance, ahead

優勝 jau1 sing3 you1 sheng4 = winning

優勢 jau1 sai3 you1 shi4 = superior; dominant; advantage

優惠 jau1 wai6 you1 hui4 = preferential; favorable

優異 jau1 ji6 you1 yi4 = exceptional

優秀 jau1 sau3 you1 xiu4 = outstanding; excellent

優美 jau1 mei5 you1 mei3 = elegant

優良 jau1 loeng4 you1 liang2 = fine; good

優質 jau1 zat1 you1 zhi4 = excellent quality
See all 40 compounds (CantoDict reports 45 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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買滿$30可以用優惠價$5換購汽水一支
Spend over $30, can get a bottle of soft drink for $5

優高條褲粵
Pull up your pants

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Decimal representation of this word: 優
Unicode code for this character: U+512a (off-site link)

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