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Meaning of 欤

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欤 (Trad.: 歟)
Pinyin: yú
English Definition: (literary) (final particle similar to 吗 , 呢 or 啊 )
Chinese Definition:
①文言助词,表示疑问、感叹、反诘等语气。
Total strokes: 8; Radical: 欠
Pictophonetic:与 indicates the sound; 欠 (lack) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 与 [ yǔ ] and; with; to; for; to give, to grant
    • 欠 [ qiàn ] to lack, to owe; to breathe, to yawn
Similar Characters: 欯
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Example Sentences
1
此处寒兮
,
彼处亦寒
。
枯叶凋零兮
,
君当何人属欤
?
Cold here, icy cold there. You belong to neither, leaves have with ered.
2
莫非中国式的历史论
,
也将沟通了中国人的文学论欤
?
Could it be the history of Chinese-style theory, will also communicate with the Chinese literary theory of tonight's?
3
巫医
、
乐师
、
百工之人
,
君子不齿
,
今其智乃反不能及
,
其可怪也欤
!
Medicine men, musicians and handicraftsmen are despised by the gentlemen. How strange it is that gentlemen are less wise than these people!
4
我在研究中国与西方关系方面所发现的全部宝藏
,
将能以中国人自己的文字与中国读者见面
,
真可谓猗欤盛事
。
It is a wonderful thing to reflect that all the riches which I was able to discover in the relations between China and the Western world will now be available to Chinese readers in their language.