于 (於) yú

  1. yú preposition in; at
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 於. For example, 天生德於予 'Heaven produced the virtue that is in me.' (Lunyu 7:22) In is sense, 于 is most often placed between a verb and an object or acts like the verb 在. In its basic form it represents physical location but the meaning can also be more abstract, like the English preposition 'in'. (Guoyu '於' p. 1; Rouzer 2007, p. 9)
  2. yú particle in; at
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 於; acts as a locative particle (Guoyu '於' particle)
  3. yú preposition in; at; to; from
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 於. In the sense of 向 (Guoyu '於' p 3)
  4. yú verb to go; to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 于 (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 53).
  5. yú verb to rely on; to depend on
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Relationship
    Notes: Traditional: 於; synonymous with 依靠 (Guoyu '於' v).
  6. yú preposition to go to; to arrive at
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Traditional: 於. In the sense of 到 or 至 (Guoyu '於' p 5)
  7. yú preposition from
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Traditional: 於. In the sense of 从 or 由 (Guoyu '於' p 6)
  8. yú preposition give
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Traditional: 於; in the sense of 给 (Guoyu '於' p 2)
  9. yú preposition oppposing
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Traditional: 於. In the sense of 对 (Guoyu '於' p 4)
  10. yú preposition and
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Traditional: 於; in the sense of 和 or 与 (Guoyu '於' p. 10)
  11. yú preposition compared to
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Traditional: 於; used for comparison, in the sense of 比 (Guoyu '於' p 9)
  12. yú preposition by
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Traditional: 於; a passive construction, synonymous with 被 (Guoyu '於' p 7)
  13. yú conjunction and; as well as
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Traditional: 於; synonymous with 而 (Guoyu '於' conj)
  14. yú preposition for
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Traditional: 於; in the sense of 为 (Guoyu '於' p 8)
  15. yú proper noun Yu
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: Traditional: 於 (Guoyu '於' n)
  16. wū noun a crow
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 於; the original form of 烏鴉 (Guoyu '於' wū n)
  17. wū interjection whew; wow
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 於 (Guoyu '於' wū interjection)

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