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余 yú

surplus, remainder; surname

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Level
HSK 5
Radical
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Traditional
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  1. 这些菜有点儿多余了。
    Zhèxiē cài yǒudiǎnr duōyú le.
    These dishes are a bit too much (superfluous).
    these dish a-bit excess (particle)
  2. 其余的事情你能不能帮我处理？
    Qíyú de shìqing nǐ néng bu néng bāng wǒ chǔlǐ?
    Can you help me handle the rest of the matters?
    remaining (particle) matter you can not can help me handle (question)
  3. 你可以利用业余时间学一门外语。
    Nǐ kěyǐ lìyòng yèyú shíjiān xué yì mén wàiyǔ.
    You can use your spare time to learn a foreign language.
    you can use spare-time time learn one (measure) foreign-language
  4. 这次没有多余的钱买礼物。
    Zhè cì méiyǒu duōyú de qián mǎi lǐwù.
    This time there's no extra money to buy gifts.
    this time not-have extra (particle) money buy gift
  5. 周末，他喜欢在业余时间画画儿。
    Zhōumò, tā xǐhuan zài yèyú shíjiān huàhuàr.
    On weekends, he likes to paint in his spare time.
    weekend he like at spare-time time paint

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