Chinese Word: 酉 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

酉

Pinyin: yǒu

English Definition: 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster; ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)

Chinese Definition:
①地支的第十位，属鸡。
②用于计时：酉时(下午五点至七点)。

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 酉

Pictographic: A vessel half-filled with wine

Character Formation:

⿻ Overlaid
- 兀 [ wù ] weak; lame
- 日 [ rì ] sun; day; daytime

Similar Characters: 西

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Example Words

酉时	yǒu shí	5-7 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
酉阳	yǒu yáng	Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing
酉阳县	yǒu yáng xiàn	Youyang Miao and Tujia autonomous county in Qianjiang suburbs of Chongqing municipality
酉鸡	yǒu jī	Year 10, year of the Cock (e.g. 2005)
辛酉	xīn yǒu	fifty-eighth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041

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Example Sentences

1		yuē 约 zài 在 yǒu 酉 chū 初 chū qù 出去， kàn jiàn 看见 hái 还 yǒu rén 有人 zhàn 站 zài 在 nà li 那里。 About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around.
2		bù zhī 不知 zěn me 怎么 huí 回 shì 事， zhǒng liú 肿瘤 huì 会 jī huó 激活 duān lì 端粒 ( yǒu 酉 měi 每 ) jī yīn 基因。 Tumors somehow turn on the telomerase gene.
3		yuē 约 zài 在 yǒu 酉 chū 初 gù lái 雇来 de 的 rén 人 lái le 来了， gè rén 各人 dé le 得了 yī 一 qián 钱 yín zi 银子。 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
4		kē xué jiā 科学家 men 们 xī wàng 希望 tōng guò 通过 shǐ 使 zhè zhǒng 这种 ( yǒu 酉 měi 每 ) shī 失 huó 活 lái 来 zhì liáo 治疗 ái zhèng 癌症。 Scientists hope to fight cancer by deactivating the enzyme.
5		tā 她 guà 挂 shàng 上 wài yī 外衣， tuō 脱 le 了 xié zi 鞋子， zài 在 fáng jiān 房间 lǐ 里 zǒu lái zǒu qù 走来走去 shōu shi 收拾 dōng 东 yǒu 酉。 tā 她 bǎ 把 bào zhǐ 报纸 sāi 塞 dào 到 lā jī tǒng 垃圾桶 lǐ 里。 She hung up her coat and stepped out of her shoes and walked around the room picking up things She stuck the newspaper in the wastebasket .

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1		yuē 约 zài 在 yǒu 酉 chū 初 chū qù 出去， kàn jiàn 看见 hái 还 yǒu rén 有人 zhàn 站 zài 在 nà li 那里。 About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around.
2		bù zhī 不知 zěn me 怎么 huí 回 shì 事， zhǒng liú 肿瘤 huì 会 jī huó 激活 duān lì 端粒 ( yǒu 酉 měi 每 ) jī yīn 基因。 Tumors somehow turn on the telomerase gene.
3		yuē 约 zài 在 yǒu 酉 chū 初 gù lái 雇来 de 的 rén 人 lái le 来了， gè rén 各人 dé le 得了 yī 一 qián 钱 yín zi 银子。 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
4		kē xué jiā 科学家 men 们 xī wàng 希望 tōng guò 通过 shǐ 使 zhè zhǒng 这种 ( yǒu 酉 měi 每 ) shī 失 huó 活 lái 来 zhì liáo 治疗 ái zhèng 癌症。 Scientists hope to fight cancer by deactivating the enzyme.
5		tā 她 guà 挂 shàng 上 wài yī 外衣， tuō 脱 le 了 xié zi 鞋子， zài 在 fáng jiān 房间 lǐ 里 zǒu lái zǒu qù 走来走去 shōu shi 收拾 dōng 东 yǒu 酉。 tā 她 bǎ 把 bào zhǐ 报纸 sāi 塞 dào 到 lā jī tǒng 垃圾桶 lǐ 里。 She hung up her coat and stepped out of her shoes and walked around the room picking up things She stuck the newspaper in the wastebasket .

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