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幽 yōu

quiet, secluded, tranquil; dark

Strokes
9
Level
HSK 4
Radical
幺
Type
Ideograph
Made of 山幺幺 ⿻山⿰幺幺

Memory hint: Small niches 幺 in the mountainside 山; 幺 also provides the pronunciation

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Example sentences with 幽

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  1. 他很幽默。
    Tā hěn yōumò.
    He's very humorous.
    he very humorous
  2. 你觉得他幽默吗？
    Nǐ juéde tā yōumò ma?
    Do you think he's funny?
    you think he humorous (question)
  3. 讲话的时候可以幽默一点。
    Jiǎnghuà de shíhou kěyǐ yōumò yìdiǎn.
    When speaking, you can be a bit humorous.
    speak (particle) time can humorous a-bit
  4. 他一点也不幽默。
    Tā yìdiǎn yě bù yōumò.
    He isn't funny at all.
    he a-bit also not humorous
  5. 聚会的时候，他讲的笑话很幽默。
    Jùhuì de shíhou, tā jiǎng de xiàohua hěn yōumò.
    At the gathering, the jokes he told were very funny.
    gathering (particle) time, he tell (particle) joke very humorous

Words with 幽 (1)