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Meaning of 右

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Setting
右HSK 2
Pinyin: yòu
English Definition: right (-hand); the Right (politics); west (old)
Chinese Definition:
①面向南时，西的一边，与“左”相对：右手。右边。
②地理上指西方：山右。江右。
③指政治思想上保守或反动的：右倾。右派。右翼。
④古代称等级高的：右族。右职。无出其右(没有高过它的)。
⑤崇尚，重视：“窃以右文兴化，乃致治之所先”。
⑥古同“侑”，劝酒，劝食。
⑦古同“佑”，帮助，偏袒。
Antonyms: 左
Total strokes: 5; Radical: 口
Character Formation:
  • ⿸ Surround from upper left
    • 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
Similar Characters: 古 石 左 在 工
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Example Words
左右HSK 4 zuǒ yòu left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence
右派 yòu pài (political) right; right wing; rightist
右翼 yòu yì the right flank; (politically) right-wing
右侧 yòu cè right side
右倾 yòu qīng right-wing; reactionary; conservative; (PRC) rightist deviation
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Example Sentences
1
qǐng
请
xiàng
向
yòu zhuǎn
右转
。
Please turn to the right.
2
yòu bian
右边
yǒu
有
yī zhǐ māo
一只猫
。
There is a cat on the right.
3
bǎ
把
bēi zi
杯子
fàng zài
放在
yòu bian
右边
。
Put the cup on the right.
4
zhè ge
这个
àn niǔ
按钮
zài
在
yòu bian
右边
。
The button is on the right.
5
tā
他
de
的
fáng jiān
房间
zài
在
yòu bian
右边
。
His room is on the right.
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