渝

Mandarin · pinyin yú#

Meanings · yú

  1. (literary) (of faith, affection etc) to change; to waver (usu. in 不渝 bù yú)
Mandarin · pinyin Yú#

Meanings · Yú

  1. short name for Chongqing 重慶 Chóng qìng
  2. old name of Jialing River 嘉陵江 Jiā líng Jiāng in Sichuan
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

渝
yú · change; chongqing
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2 · yu2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

1character link116same-tone records1source reference
Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

渝 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Rime · Wiktionary

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jyu4

Cantonese word readings for 渝. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

  1. to change
  2. to go against; to be contrary to
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to overflow
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to take off; to remove
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 重慶/重庆 (Chóngqìng, “Chongqing”)
  6. a surname

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

渝 · yu2 · Yu2
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 66,708, 66,707
Original dictionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source & transformation details
Exact source records渝 渝 [yu2] /(literary) (of faith, affection etc) to change; to waver (usu. in 不渝[bu4 yu2])/渝 渝 [Yu2] /short name for Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]/old name of Jialing River 嘉陵江[Jia1 ling2 Jiang1] in Sichuan/