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yòu
HSK 3.0 Level 1

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Definitions

  1. 1. (bound form) right; right-hand side
  2. 2. (bound form) (politics) right of center
  3. 3. (literary) the right side as the side of precedence

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13152319)

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Words Containing 右

右转
yòu zhuǎn

to turn right

反右派斗争
fǎn yòu pài dòu zhēng

Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of \rightists\ after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957

察哈尔右翼中旗
chá hā ěr yòu yì zhōng qí

Chahar Right Center banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia

右袒
yòu tǎn

to take sides with

左膀右臂
zuǒ bǎng yòu bì

trusted assistant; key aide

左右为难
zuǒ yòu wéi nán

(idiom) between a rock and a hard place

反右
fǎn yòu

anti-rightist

右方
yòu fāng

right-hand side

不为左右袒
bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn

to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)

左顾右盼
zuǒ gù yòu pàn

glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around

右派
yòu pài

(political) right

科尔沁右翼中旗
kē ěr qìn yòu yì zhōng qí

Horqin right center banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[xīng ān méng], east Inner Mongolia

右面
yòu miàn

right side

科右中旗
kē yòu zhōng qí

Horqin right center banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[xīng ān méng], east Inner Mongolia

反右运动
fǎn yòu yùn dòng

Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of \rightists\ after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957

科尔沁右翼前旗
kē ěr qìn yòu yì qián qí

Horqin right front banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[xīng ān méng], east Inner Mongolia

右舷
yòu xián

starboard (of a ship)

科右前旗
kē yòu qián qí

Horqin right front banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[xīng ān méng], east Inner Mongolia

男左女右
nán zuǒ nǚ yòu

the left is for males, the right is for females (traditional saying)

左右勾拳
zuǒ yòu gōu quán

left hook and right hook (boxing)

右舵
yòu duò

right rudder

阿拉善右旗
ā lā shàn yòu qí

Alxa Right Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Baruun khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[ā lā shàn méng], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)

左邻右里
zuǒ lín yòu lǐ

see 左鄰右舍|左邻右舍[zuǒ lín yòu shè]

察哈尔右翼后旗
chá hā ěr yòu yì hòu qí

Chahar Right Rear banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia

左至右
zuǒ zhì yòu

left-to-right

右倾
yòu qīng

right-wing

右上
yòu shàng

upper right

苏尼特右旗
sū ní tè yòu qí

Sonid Right banner in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[xī lín guō lè méng], Inner Mongolia

右前卫
yòu qián wèi

right forward (soccer position)

土默特右旗
tǔ mò tè yòu qí

Tumed right banner, Mongolian Tümed baruun khoshuu, in Baotou 包頭|包头[bāo tóu], Inner Mongolia

宁左勿右
nìng zuǒ wù yòu

(of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)

右江区
yòu jiāng qū

Youjiang district of Baise city 百色市[bǎi sè shì], Guangxi

无出其右
wú chū qí yòu

matchless; without equal; there is nothing better

左右逢源
zuǒ yòu féng yuán

lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)

王顾左右而言他
wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā

the king looked left and right and then talked of other things

左右两难
zuǒ yòu liǎng nán

(idiom) between a rock and a hard place

左右
zuǒ yòu

left and right

左支右绌
zuǒ zhī yòu chù

to be in straitened circumstances

左右袒
zuǒ yòu tǎn

to take sides with

右手
yòu shǒu

right hand

邻右
lín yòu

neighbor

巴林右
bā lín yòu

Bairin Right banner or Baarin Baruun khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia

座右铭
zuò yòu míng

motto

右对齐
yòu duì qí

to right justify (typography)

极右翼
jí yòu yì

extreme right (politics)

巴林右旗
bā lín yòu qí

Bairin Right banner or Baarin Baruun khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia

右首
yòu shǒu

right-hand side

新巴尔虎右旗
xīn bā ěr hǔ yòu qí

New Barag right banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia

左右共利
zuǒ yòu gòng lì

ambidextrous

右箭头键
yòu jiàn tóu jiàn

right arrow key (on keyboard)

左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng

lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)

资产阶级右派
zī chǎn jiē jí yòu pài

bourgeois rightist faction (esp. during anti-rightist movement of 1957-58)

右玉县
yòu yù xiàn

Youyu county in Shuozhou 朔州[shuò zhōu], Shanxi

左弯右拐
zuǒ wān yòu guǎi

to follow a winding path

左思右想
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng

to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles

左耳入,右耳出
zuǒ ěr rù , yòu ěr chū

in one ear and out the other

右派分子
yòu pài fèn zǐ

rightist elements

右江
yòu jiāng

Youjiang district of Baise city 百色市[bǎi sè shì], Guangxi

察哈尔右翼前旗
chá hā ěr yòu yì qián qí

Chahar Right Front banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia

右边
yòu bian

right side

极右分子
jí yòu fèn zǐ

an extreme right-winger

右箭头
yòu jiàn tóu

right-pointing arrow

左邻右舍
zuǒ lín yòu shè

neighbors

右玉
yòu yù

Youyu county in Shuozhou 朔州[shuò zhōu], Shanxi

左右手
zuǒ yòu shǒu

left and right hands

向右拐
xiàng yòu guǎi

to turn right

右撇子
yòu piě zi

right-hander

右下
yòu xià

lower right

右侧
yòu cè

right side

额尔古纳右旗
é ěr gǔ nà yòu qí

former Ergun Right banner, now in Ergun, county-level city, Mongolian Ergüne xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia

右翼
yòu yì

the right flank