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于: to go; to take | at; to; from

By August 31, 2015January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

于 yú

preposition
: to go; to take
: sentence-final interrogative particle
: variant of 於

於 [于] yú


: in; at; to; from; by; than; out of

於 [于] wū


: (literary) oh! ah!

Kun Reading

於て | おいて oite

conjunction
: at; in; on

於ける | おける okeru

expression
: in; at; for

On Reading

ウ u
ク ku

 Usage:

易于 yi4yu2: very likely; prone to
用於[于] yong4yu2: use in; use on; use for
低於[低于] di1yu2: to be lower than
富於[于] fu4yu2: to be full of; to be rich in
於[于]是 yu2shi4: thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence

於[于]是乎 yu2shi4 hu1: therefore

由於[于] you2yu2: due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because
等於[于] deng3yu2: to equal; to be tantamount to
對於 [对于] dui4yu2: regarding; as far as something is concerned; with regards to
關於 [关于] guan1yu2: pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of
屬於 [属于] shu3yu2: to be classified as; to belong to; to be part of
終於 [终于] zhong1yu2: at last; in the end; finally; eventually
來源於 [来源于] lai2yuan2 yu2: to originate in



Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語
於乎 OR 於戯 | ああ aa
: (Usually written using kana alone) Ah! Oh! Alas!
: Yes; Indeed; That is correct
: Hey! Yo!
: Uh huh; Yeah yeah; Right; Gotcha

於かれましては | おかれましては okare mashite wa
: in respect of; in regards to; as for

于蘭盆会 | うらぼんえ urabone
: (yoji) Bon festival; Feast of Lanterns; Buddhist ceremony held on July 15; ullambana



Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
嫁禍於人 [嫁祸于人] jia4 huo4 yu2 ren2
: to pass the misfortune on to sb else; to blame others; to pass the buck

富於想像 [富于想像] fu4 yu2 xiang3 xiang4
: imaginative

人浮於事 [人浮于事] ren2 fu2 yu2 shi4
: more hands than needed; too many cooks spoil the broth

同歸於盡 [同归于尽] tong2 gui1 yu2 jin4
: to die in such a way that sb (or something) else also perishes; to take sb down with oneself; to end in mutual destruction

業精於勤 [业精于勤] ye4 jing1 yu2 qin2
: mastery of study lies in diligence. You can only master a subject by assiduous study. Excellence in work is only possible with diligence. Practice makes perfect.

死於非命 [死于非命] si3 yu2 fei1 ming4
: violent death; to die in a disaster; an unnatural death

聞名於世 [闻名于世] wen2 ming2 yu2 shi4
: world-famous

血濃於水 [血浓于水] xue4 nong2 yu2 shui3
: blood is thicker than water; fig. family ties are closer than social relations

重於泰山 [重于泰山] zhong4 yu2 tai4 shan1
: heavier than Mt Tai; fig. extremely serious matter

何濟於事 [何济于事] he2 ji4 yu2 shi4
: of what use is it

公之于世 gong1 zhi1 yu2 shi4
: to announce to the world; to make public; to let everyone know

於事無補 [于事无补] yu2 shi4 wu2 bu3
: unhelpful; useless

聊勝於無 [聊胜于无] liao2 sheng4 yu2 wu2
: better than nothing

難於登天 [难于登天] nan2 yu2 deng1 tian1
: harder than climbing to heaven

拙於言詞 [拙于言词] zhuo1 yu2 yan2 ci2
: to be unable to express oneself clearly

耿耿於懷 [耿耿于怀] geng3 geng3 yu2 huai2
: to take troubles to heart; brooding

青出於藍 [青出于蓝] qing1 chu1 yu2 lan2
: lit. green is born of blue, but beats blue; fig. the student becomes superior to the master; same as couplet 青出於藍,而勝於藍|青出于蓝,而胜于蓝

老於世故 [老于世故] lao3 yu2 shi4 gu4
: experienced in the ways of the world; worldly-wise; sophisticated

畢其功於一役 [毕其功于一役] bi4 qi2 gong1 yu2 yi1 yi4
: to accomplish the whole task at one stroke

事實勝於雄辯 [事实胜于雄辩] shi4 shi2 sheng4 yu2 xiong2 bian4
: Facts speak louder than words

身教勝於言教 [身教胜于言教] shen1 jiao4 sheng4 yu2 yan2 jiao4
: teaching by example beats explaining in words; action speaks louder than words

一日之計在於晨 [一日之计在于晨] yi1 ri4 zhi1 ji4 zai4 yu2 chen2
: make your day’s plan early in the morning; early morning is the golden time of the day

筆勝於刀文比武強 [笔胜于刀文比武强] bi3 sheng4 yu2 dao1 wen2 bi3 wu3 qiang2
: the pen is mightier than the sword

千里之堤,潰於蟻穴 [千里之堤,溃于蚁穴] qian1 li3 zhi1 di1 , kui4 yu2 yi3 xue2
: An ant hole causing the collapse of a great dike. Huge damage from a moment’s negligence.

千里之行,始於足下 [千里之行,始于足下] qian1 li3 zhi1 xing2 , shi3 yu2 zu2 xia4
: lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step; fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one

己所不欲,勿施於人 [己所不欲,勿施于人] ji3 suo3 bu4 yu4 , wu4 shi1 yu2 ren2
: What you don’t want done to you, don’t do to others. (from the Confucian analects) Do as you would be done by. Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.

生於優患,死於安樂 [生于优患,死于安乐] sheng1 yu2 you1 huan4 , si3 yu2 an1 le4
: to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living; life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure

 Etymology:
none applicable



Semantic / Historical variant:
扵 yu2



簡體 Simplified.



 Examples:

如果明天天氣好,我們宜于出門。
ru2guo3 ming2tian tian1qi4 hao3, wo3men yi2 yu2 chu1men2
If it is fine tomorrow, we should go out.

 Music:


專屬於你 – Wilber Pan 潘玮柏

作詞:李念和/潘瑋柏
作曲:潘瑋柏

Cause you’re my baby
my baby my baby my baby
My baby My baby baby
我不會讓你操心 愛你 我全心全意
我確定你就是唯一

my baby my baby baby oh baby
my baby baby oh baby
超越靈感的默契 心有靈犀的甜蜜
B-A-B-Y只專屬於你

Baby就是你談戀愛不是 玩遊戲
絕對不只LV我還要加滿L-O-V-Ë
不開車你願意散散步也愜意
別擔心日子平凡無奇
我會創造浪漫加上無限驚喜

baby 就是Me 如果沒人陪你壞心情
放心的靠近慢慢躺進我的臂彎裡
為了什麼猶豫你能不能決定
be my baby girl

Cause you re my baby my
baby my baby my baby
My baby My baby baby
我不會讓你操心 愛你 我全心全意
我確定你就是唯一

my baby my baby baby oh baby
my baby baby oh baby
超越靈感的默契 心有靈犀的甜蜜
B-A-B-Y只專屬於你

我知道我有時候會惹你生氣
不是故意不回簡訊我都珍藏在心底
不說甜言密語不代表不想你
如果你感覺很介意
我保證我會努力學會改變自己

你問我 Why 不願意為你取小名
你說你討厭我這樣大男人的個性
其實並不介意

讓我發揮創意be my BABY girl
Cause you’re my baby my baby
my baby my baby
My baby My baby baby
我不會讓你操心 愛你 我全心全意
我確定你就是唯一

my baby my baby baby oh baby
my baby baby oh baby
超越靈感的默契 心有靈犀的甜蜜
B-A-B-Y只專屬於你
my baby my baby baby oh baby
my baby baby oh baby

我不會讓你操心 愛你 我全心全意
我確定你就是唯一

my baby my baby baby oh baby
my baby baby oh baby
超越靈感的默契 心有靈犀的甜蜜
B-A-B-Y只專屬於你

Cause you’re my baby my baby my baby my baby
you’re my baby my baby baby

credit: Wilber Pan 潘玮柏

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary