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右
Mandarin · pinyin yòu
Meanings
- (bound form) right; right-hand side
- (bound form) (politics) right of center
- (bound form) (old) west
- (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
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- 右
- yòu · right; west; right-wing
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Mandarin tones
4 · you4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jau6
Cantonese word readings for 右. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- right (direction)
- (typography) above
- (nautical) starboard
- west; areas to the west
- (historical) right side as the side of precedence
- (politics) right-wing
- (chemistry) dextro-
- a surname
character
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) original form of 佑 (yòu, “to assist”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) original form of 祐 (yòu, “to protect; to bless”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to take somebody's side
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 侑 (yòu, “to urge somebody to eat or drink”)
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