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予

Mandarin · pinyin yú#

(archaic) I
me

Mandarin · pinyin yǔ#

(literary) to give

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予: yǔ · I, me; to give

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2 · yu2

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jyu4 · jyu5

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character · Etymology 1

(alt. form 與／与) to give
to praise; to esteem

character · Etymology 2

(Hokkien) to give
(Teochew) to deliver; to give
(Hokkien) to allow
(Hokkien) to cause; to make
(Hokkien, Teochew) by (used in constructing the passive)
(Penang Hokkien) to pay

character · Etymology 3

(obsolete) alternative form of 余 (“I, me”)
a surname

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