餘 (jyu4 | yu2) : remaining; remainder; spare; more than

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餘

jyu4

yu2

[1] [adj] remaining; residual; lingering
[2] [n] remainder; surplus; balance
[3] [n] spare time after an event
[4] [adj] more than; odd; over

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Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: (#184)

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

餘 / 余

This word has been viewed 9715 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Apr 2014 15:35

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比上不足比下有餘 bei2 soeng6 bat1 zuk1 bei2 haa6 au5 jyu4 bi3 shang4 bu4 zu2 bi3 xia4 you3 yu2 = not the best but be better than the worst / can pass muster

剩餘 zing6 jyu4 sheng4 yu2 = remainder; surplus

業餘 jip6 jyu4 ye4 yu2 = [1] spare time; [2] amateur

剩餘價值 sing6/zing6 jyu4 gaa3 zik6 sheng4 yu2 jia4 zhi2 = surplus value

殘餘 caan4 jyu4 can2 yu2 = remnants; remains (after a disaster)

其餘 kei4 jyu4 qi2 yu2 = remaining; remainder; the rest

多餘 do1 jyu4 duo1 yu2 = surplus; extra; superfluous; unnecessary

富餘 fu3 jyu4 fu4 yu5 = to have a surplus; to have more than needed

盈餘 jing4 jyu4 ying2 yu2 = surplus, profit

有餘 jau5 jyu4 = have enough and to spare; have a surplus
See all 48 compounds (CantoDict reports 57 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 餘

二百文已經綽綽有餘囉粵
Two hundred dollars is more than enough

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Decimal representation of this word: 餘
Unicode code for this character: U+9918 (off-site link)

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