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猶

简犹 · 繁猶

Mandarin · pinyin yóu

as if
(just) like
just as
still
yet

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犹: yóu · like, similar to, just like, as

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

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character · Etymology 1

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of monkey
suspicious; hesitant
(literary, in a figurative sense) to be like; to be just as
(literary) still; yet; as before
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 猶太／犹太 (Yóutài, “Jew; Jewish”)
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 猷 (yóu, “plan; scheme”)
a surname

character · Etymology 2

(Hokkien) still; yet

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