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HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. extra
  2. 2. surplus
  3. 3. remaining
  4. 4. remainder after division
  5. 5. (following numerical value) or more
  6. 6. in excess of (some number)
  7. 7. residue (math.)
  8. 8. after
  9. 9. I
  10. 10. me

Words Containing 余

余悸
yú jì

lingering fear

余项
yú xiàng

remainder term (math.)

余干
yú gān

Yugan county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi

岁计余绌
suì jì yú chù

annual budgetary surplus or deficit (accountancy)

余弧
yú hú

complementary arc

新余
xīn yú

Xinyu, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi

留有余地
liú yǒu yú dì

to leave some leeway

剩余
shèng yú

remainder

余力
yú lì

energy left over (to do sth else)

余留事务
yú liú shì wù

unfinished business

茶余饭后
chá yú fàn hòu

leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc)

同余类
tóng yú lèi

congruence class (of integers modulo n)

结余
jié yú

balance

余留
yú liú

remainder

余额
yú é

balance (of an account, bill etc)

业余
yè yú

in one's spare time

比上不足比下有余
bǐ shàng bù zú bǐ xià yǒu yú

to fall short of the best but be better than the worst

余姚市
yú yáo shì

Yuyao, county-level city in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[níng bō], Zhejiang

剩余辐射
shèng yú fú shè

residual radiation

余热
yú rè

residual heat; surplus heat; waste heat

余割
yú gē

cosecant (of angle), written cosec θ or csc θ

余韵
yú yùn

pleasant lingering effect

余绪
yú xù

vestigial residue

余生
yú shēng

the remaining years of one's life

余庆县
yú qìng xiàn

Yuqing county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义[zūn yì], Guizhou

余者
yú zhě

the remaining people

赘余
zhuì yú

superfluous

百余
bǎi yú

a hundred or more

劫余
jié yú

remnants after a disaster

余光
yú guāng

(out of) the corner of one's eyes

余月
yú yuè

alternative term for fourth lunar month

余怒
yú nù

residual anger

余杭区
yú háng qū

Yuhang district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang

心有余,力不足
xīn yǒu yú , lì bù zú

The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects).

回旋余地
huí xuán yú dì

room to maneuver; leeway; latitude

茶余饭饱
chá yú fàn bǎo

see 茶餘飯後|茶余饭后[chá yú fàn hòu]

行有余力
xíng yǒu yú lì

after that, any remaining energy (idiom from Analects); time for extracurricular activities

余音绕梁
yú yīn rào liáng

reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

余震
yú zhèn

earthquake aftershock

余味
yú wèi

aftertaste

余江县
yú jiāng xiàn

Yujiang county in Yingtan 鷹潭|鹰潭, Jiangxi

节余
jié yú

to save

业余教育
yè yú jiào yù

spare-time education

冗余
rǒng yú

redundancy

富富有余
fù fù yǒu yú

richly provided for

余杭
yú háng

Yuhang district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang

劫后余生
jié hòu yú shēng

(idiom) to be a survivor of a calamity

余年
yú nián

one's remaining years

余勇可贾
yú yǒng kě gǔ

lit. spare valor for sale (idiom); fig. after former successes, still ready for more work

余切
yú qiē

cotangent (of angle), written cot θ or ctg θ

剩余价值
shèng yú jià zhí

(economics) surplus value

绰绰有余
chuò chuò yǒu yú

enough and to spare (idiom)

虎口余生
hǔ kǒu yú shēng

lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom)

转圜余地
zhuǎn huán yú dì

to have room to save a situation

超新星剩余
chāo xīn xīng shèng yú

supernova residue (a type of nebula)

余码
yú mǎ

excess code (i.e. the unused bits in binary-coded decimal)

新余市
xīn yú shì

Xinyu, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi

大余
dà yú

Dayu county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[gàn zhōu], Jiangxi

余烬
yú jìn

ember

余党
yú dǎng

remnants (of a defeated clique)

夫余
fū yú

Pu'yo, Korean Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in northeast frontier region of China

余地
yú dì

margin

余晖
yú huī

twilight

心余力绌
xīn yú lì chù

see 心有餘而力不足|心有余而力不足[xīn yǒu yú ér lì bù zú]

茶余酒后
chá yú jiǔ hòu

see 茶餘飯後|茶余饭后[chá yú fàn hòu]

盈余
yíng yú

surplus

余裕
yú yù

ample

余干县
yú gān xiàn

Yugan county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi

业余爱好者
yè yú ài hào zhě

hobbyist

残余沾染
cán yú zhān rǎn

residual contamination

余皇
yú huáng

large warship

余角
yú jiǎo

complementary angle (additional angle adding to 90 degrees)

余粮
yú liáng

surplus grain

留余地
liú yú dì

to leave room to maneuver; to leave a margin for error

余怒未息
yú nù wèi xī

to be still angry

同余
tóng yú

congruent (math.)

双曲余割
shuāng qū yú gē

hyperbolic cosecant, i.e. function cosech(x)

一览无余
yī lǎn wú yú

to cover all at one glance (idiom)

余音
yú yīn

lingering sound

富余
fù yu

in surplus

业余大学
yè yú dà xué

college for people who attend after work

死有余辜
sǐ yǒu yú gū

(idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment

余甘子
yú gān zǐ

Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica)

残渣余孽
cán zhā yú niè

evil elements who have escaped eradication

恢恢有余
huī huī yǒu yú

lit. to have an abundance of space

多余
duō yú

superfluous

七政四余
qī zhèng sì yú

seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui)

残余
cán yú

remnant

心有余而力不足
xīn yǒu yú ér lì bù zú

the will is there, but not the strength (idiom)

余响绕梁
yú xiǎng rào liáng

reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

余剩
yú shèng

surplus

余庆
yú qìng

Yuqing county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义[zūn yì], Guizhou

残余物
cán yú wù

litter

剩余放射性
shèng yú fàng shè xìng

residual radioactivity

课余
kè yú

after school

余温
yú wēn

residual heat; remaining warmth

余波
yú bō

aftermath

余缺
yú quē

surplus and shortfall

余江
yú jiāng

Yujiang county in Yingtan 鷹潭|鹰潭, Jiangxi

余数
yú shù

remainder (in division)

厨余
chú yú

kitchen waste

中国剩余定理
zhōng guó shèng yú dìng lǐ

Chinese remainder theorem (math.)

业余者
yè yú zhě

amateur

余孽
yú niè

remaining evil element; surviving members (of evil former regime); dregs (of a colonial administration)

心有余悸
xīn yǒu yú jì

to have lingering fears

剩余定理
shèng yú dìng lǐ

the Remainder Theorem

有余
yǒu yú

to have an abundance

闲余
xián yú

(of one's time) idle; unoccupied

其余
qí yú

the rest

成事不足,败事有余
chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú

unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)

双曲余弦
shuāng qū yú xián

hyperbolic cosine or cosh (math.)

余留无符号数
yú liú wú fú hào shù

unsigned remainder (i.e. the remainder after rounding to the nearest integer)

余集
yú jí

complement of a set S (math.)

年年有余
nián nián yǒu yú

lit. (may you) have abundance year after year

余弦
yú xián

(math.) cosine

余下
yú xià

remaining

空余
kòng yú

free

扶余县
fú yú xiàn

Fuyu county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin

余存
yú cún

remainder; balance

余钱
yú qián

surplus money

同余式
tóng yú shì

congruence (math.)

余姚
yú yáo

Yuyao, county-level city in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[níng bō], Zhejiang

余车
yú chē

emperor's carriage

大余县
dà yú xiàn

Dayu county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[gàn zhōu], Jiangxi

唾余
tuò yú

crumbs from the table of one's master

不遗余力
bù yí yú lì

to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost

曹余章
cáo yú zhāng

Cao Yuzhang (1924-1996), modern writer and publisher, author of Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History 上下五千年[shàng xià wǔ qiān nián]

积恶余殃
jī è yú yāng

Accumulated evil will be repaid in suffering (idiom).

宽余
kuān yú

ample

捐赠盈余
juān zèng yíng yú

surplus from donation (accountancy)

游刃有余
yóu rèn yǒu yú

handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily

余数定理
yú shù dìng lǐ

the Remainder Theorem

扶余
fú yú

Fuyu county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin

余量
yú liàng

remnant