玉

yù

HSK 3.0 Level 4

Definitions

1. jade

Example Sentences

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我 玉 米過敏。

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Words Containing 玉

• 爱玉子 ài yù zǐ: jelly fig seed (Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang)
• 玉龙县 yù lóng xiàn: Yulong Naxi autonomous county in Lijiang 麗江|丽江[lì jiāng], Yunnan
• 鼎铛玉石 dǐng chēng yù shí: lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material
• 玉兔 yù tù: the Jade Hare (legendary rabbit said to live in the Moon)
• 爆玉米花 bào yù mǐ huā: to make popcorn
• 吴玉章 wú yù zhāng: Wu Yuzhang (1878-1966), writer, educator and communist politician
• 玉红省 yù hóng shěng: rubicene (chemistry)
• 段玉裁 duàn yù cái: Duan Yucai (1735-1815), author of Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) 說文解字註|说文解字注[shuō wén jiě zì zhù]
• 璧玉 bì yù: jade disk with a hole in the center
• 珉玉 mín yù: good and bad
• 玉川 yù chuān: Tamagawa (name)
• 珉玉杂淆 mín yù zá xiáo: scholars of various talents (idiom)
• 他山之石可以攻玉 tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù: lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
• 玉井 yù jǐng: Yuching township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan
• 爱玉 ài yù: see 愛玉子|爱玉子[ài yù zǐ]
• 玉泉营 yù quán yíng: Yuquanying
• 玉皇大帝 yù huáng dà dì: Jade Emperor
• 书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉 shū zhōng zì yǒu huáng jīn wū , shū zhōng zì yǒu yán rú yù: lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb)
• 昆玉 kūn yù: honorific term for another person's brother
• 贾宝玉 jiǎ bǎo yù: Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵|薛宝钗
• 玉米棒 yù mǐ bàng: corn cob
• 仙姿玉色 xiān zī yù sè: heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady
• 锦衣玉食 jǐn yī yù shí: brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury
• 玉龙雪山 yù lóng xuě shān: Mt Yulong or Jade dragon in Lijiang 麗江|丽江, northwest Yunnan
• 树化玉 shù huà yù: wood jade (type of petrified wood)
• 老玉米 lǎo yù mi: (dialect) corn
• 金玉满堂 jīn yù mǎn táng: fig. abundant wealth
• 玉璞 yù pú: stone containing jade
• 张廷玉 zhāng tíng yù: Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史[míng shǐ] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[kāng xī zì diǎn]
• 化干戈为玉帛 huà gān gē wéi yù bó: lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
• 玉树 yù shù: Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Tibetan: yus hru'u bod rigs rang skyong khul) in Qinghai
• 引玉之砖 yǐn yù zhī zhuān: lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom)
• 玉龙纳西族自治县 yù lóng nà xī zú zì zhì xiàn: Yulong Naxi autonomous county in Lijiang 麗江|丽江[lì jiāng], Yunnan
• 玉米面 yù mǐ miàn: cornmeal; maize flour
• 玉成 yù chéng: please help achieve something (formal)
• 林黛玉 lín dài yù: Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
• 墨玉县 mò yù xiàn: Karakax County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区[hé tián dì qū], Xinjiang
• 玉里 yù lǐ: Yuli town in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[huā lián xiàn], east Taiwan
• 玉女 yù nǚ: beautiful woman
• 玉珉 yù mín: jade and jade-like stone
• 玉屏县 yù píng xiàn: Yuping Dong autonomous county in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[tóng rén dì qū], Guizhou
• 珠玉 zhū yù: pearls and jades
• 玉川市 yù chuān shì: Tamagawa city in Akita prefecture, Japan
• 玉米片 yù mǐ piàn: cornflakes
• 玉石俱焚 yù shí jù fén: to burn both jade and common stone
• 杨玉环 yáng yù huán: Yang Yuhuan, aka Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[yáng guì fēi] (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[táng xuán zōng]
• 美玉 měi yù: fine jade
• 玉门市 yù mén shì: Yumen, county-level city in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
• 如金似玉 rú jīn sì yù: gorgeous
• 珠圆玉润 zhū yuán yù rùn: lit. as round as pearls and as smooth as jade (idiom)
• 玉兰花 yù lán huā: magnolia
• 玉溪地区 yù xī dì qū: Yuxi prefecture in Yunnan
• 兰玉 lán yù: your son (honorific)
• 玉溪市 yù xī shì: Yuxi, prefecture-level city in Yunnan
• 玉米赤霉烯酮 yù mǐ chì méi xī tóng: zearalenone
• 回良玉 huí liáng yù: Hui Liangyu (1944-) PRC Hui national career politician from Guilin, background in economics, politburo member 2002-2012, deputy chair of State Council 2003-2013
• 金科玉律 jīn kē yù lǜ: key principle
• 金玉其外，败絮其中 jīn yù qí wài , bài xù qí zhōng: gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
• 玉帝 yù dì: the Jade Emperor
• 墨玉 mò yù: Karakax County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区[hé tián dì qū], Xinjiang
• 冯玉祥 féng yù xiáng: Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948), warlord during Republic of China, strongly critical of Chiang Kai-shek
• 玉头姬鹟 yù tóu jī wēng: (bird species of China) sapphire flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira)
• 守身如玉 shǒu shēn rú yù: to keep oneself pure
• 金乌西坠，玉兔东升 jīn wū xī zhuì , yù tù dōng shēng: fig. at sunset
• 琼楼玉宇 qióng lóu yù yǔ: bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling
• 玉山雀鹛 yù shān què méi: (bird species of China) Taiwan fulvetta (Fulvetta formosana)
• 玉洁冰清 yù jié bīng qīng: clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless
• 软玉 ruǎn yù: nephrite
• 石玉昆 shí yù kūn: Shi Yukun (c. 1810-1871), Qing pinghua 評話|评话[píng huà] master storyteller
• 白玉 bái yù: Baiyü county (Tibetan: dpal yul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[gān zī zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
• 玉屏侗族自治县 yù píng dòng zú zì zhì xiàn: Yuping Dong Autonomous County in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[tóng rén dì qū], Guizhou
• 玉米花 yù mǐ huā: popcorn
• 汉白玉 hàn bái yù: white marble
• 玉树藏族自治州 yù shù zàng zú zì zhì zhōu: Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Tibetan: yus hru'u bod rigs rang skyong khul) in Qinghai
• 埼玉 qí yù: Saitama (city and prefecture in Japan)
• 玉竹 yù zhú: angular Solomon's seal
• 玉山噪鹛 yù shān zào méi: (bird species of China) white-whiskered laughingthrush (Trochalopteron morrisonianum)
• 翠冠玉 cuì guān yù: peyote (Lophophora williamsii)
• 玉人 yù rén: a jade worker
• 玉兰 yù lán: Yulan magnolia
• 玉手 yù shǒu: lily-white hands
• 玉山 yù shān: Mount Yu, the highest mountain in Taiwan (3952 m)
• 蓝田种玉 lán tián zhòng yù: a marriage made in heaven (idiom)
• 碧玉 bì yù: jasper
• 玉林 yù lín: Yulin, prefecture-level city in Guangxi
• 字字珠玉 zì zì zhū yù: every word a gem (idiom); magnificent writing
• 宁为玉碎，不为瓦全 nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán: Better broken jade than intact tile.
• 玉树县 yù shù xiàn: Yushu County (Tibetan: yus hru'u rdzong) in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 玉樹藏族自治州|玉树藏族自治州[yù shù zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
• 右玉 yòu yù: Youyu county in Shuozhou 朔州[shuò zhōu], Shanxi
• 玉门 yù mén: Yumen, county-level city in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
• 玉州区 yù zhōu qū: Yuzhou district of Yulin city 玉林市[yù lín shì], Guangxi
• 珠玉在侧 zhū yù zài cè: gems at the side (idiom); flanked by genius
• 玉林地区 yù lín dì qū: Yulin prefecture in Guangxi
• 玉米糖浆 yù mǐ táng jiāng: corn syrup
• 金玉 jīn yù: precious
• 水玉 shuǐ yù: crystal
• 不吝珠玉 bù lìn zhū yù: lit. do not begrudge gems of wisdom (idiom, humble expr.); fig. Please give me your frank opinion.
• 高果糖玉米糖浆 gāo guǒ táng yù mǐ táng jiāng: high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS)
• 玉米笋 yù mǐ sǔn: baby corn
• 玉泉 yù quán: Yuquan District of Hohhot City 呼和浩特市[hū hé hào tè shì], Inner Mongolia
• 玉米 yù mǐ: corn
• 琼浆玉液 qióng jiāng yù yè: bejeweled nectar (idiom); ambrosia of the immortals
• 玉环 yù huán: Yuhuan county in Taizhou 台州[tāi zhōu], Zhejiang
• 金玉其表，败絮其中 jīn yù qí biǎo , bài xù qí zhōng: gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
• 葬玉埋香 zàng yù mái xiāng: lit. burying jade and interring incense (idiom); funeral for a beautiful person
• 玉树州 yù shù zhōu: Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: yus hru'u bod rigs rang skyong khul) in Qinghai
• 玉髓 yù suǐ: chalcedony
• 绿玉髓 lǜ yù suǐ: chrysoprase (mineral)
• 玉荷包 yù hé bāo: jade purse, a cultivar of lychee
• 兰摧玉折 lán cuī yù zhé: premature death of a budding talent
• 秦韬玉 qín tāo yù: Qin Taoyu, Tang poet, author of poem \A Poor Woman\ 貧女|贫女[pín nu:3]
• 玉衡 yù héng: epsilon Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
• 亭亭玉立 tíng tíng yù lì: slender and elegant (of a woman)
• 食玉炊桂 shí yù chuī guì: food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom)
• 玉人吹箫 yù rén chuī xiāo: virtuoso piper wins a beauty
• 黄玉 huáng yù: topaz
• 玉琮 yù cóng: see 琮[cóng]
• 芝兰玉树 zhī lán yù shù: lit. orchids and jade trees (idiom); fig. a child with splendid future prospects
• 玉蜀黍 yù shǔ shǔ: corn
• 惜香怜玉 xī xiāng lián yù: see 憐香惜玉|怜香惜玉[lián xiāng xī yù]
• 和田玉 hé tián yù: nephrite
• 玉器 yù qì: jade artifact
• 爱玉冻 ài yù dòng: see 愛玉冰|爱玉冰[ài yù bīng]
• 白玉县 bái yù xiàn: Baiyü county (Tibetan: dpal yul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[gān zī zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
• 堆金积玉 duī jīn jī yù: very rich
• 玉佩 yù pèi: jade pendant
• 玉林市 yù lín shì: Yulin, prefecture-level city in Guangxi
• 怜香惜玉 lián xiāng xī yù: to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom)
• 如花似玉 rú huā sì yù: delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom)
• 金童玉女 jīn tóng yù nǚ: attendants of the Daoist immortals
• 冰清玉洁 bīng qīng yù jié: clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless
• 宝玉 bǎo yù: precious jade
• 爱玉冰 ài yù bīng: jelly snack made by kneading jelly fig seeds 愛玉子|爱玉子[ài yù zǐ] in water and combining with flavorings (popular in Taiwan and Singapore)
• 玉茎 yù jīng: (literary) penis
• 玉篇 yù piān: Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顧野王|顾野王[gù yě wáng] in 6th century AD
• 玉桂 yù guì: see 肉桂[ròu guì]
• 玉皇顶 yù huáng dǐng: Jade Emperor Peak on Mt Tai in Shandong
• 玉溪 yù xī: Yuxi, prefecture-level city in Yunnan
• 玉田县 yù tián xiàn: Yutian county in Tangshan 唐山[táng shān], Hebei
• 金玉良言 jīn yù liáng yán: gems of wisdom (idiom); priceless advice
• 玉米糁 yù mǐ sǎn: corn grits
• 张曼玉 zhāng màn yù: Maggie Cheung (1964-), Hong Kong actress
• 羊脂白玉 yáng zhī bái yù: sheep-fat white jade, a type of jade
• 蒹葭倚玉树 jiān jiā yǐ yù shù: lit. reeds leaning on a jade tree (idiom)
• 亚比玉 yà bǐ yù: Abiud (son of Zerubbabel)
• 小家碧玉 xiǎo jiā bì yù: pretty daughter in a humble family
• 玉门关 yù mén guān: Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu
• 黑煤玉 hēi méi yù: jet
• 硬玉 yìng yù: jadeite
• 璨玉 càn yù: lustrous jade
• 刚玉 gāng yù: corundum (mineral)
• 玉米粉 yù mǐ fěn: cornflour
• 香娇玉嫩 xiāng jiāo yù nèn: a beautiful woman
• 玉米饼 yù mǐ bǐng: corn cake
• 玉皇 yù huáng: Jade Emperor (in Taoism)
• 玉夫座 yù fū zuò: Sculptor (constellation)
• 玉米糕 yù mǐ gāo: corn cake
• 珍珠翡翠白玉汤 zhēn zhū fěi cuì bái yù tāng: cabbage, rice and tofu soup
• 土耳其玉 tǔ ěr qí yù: turquoise (gemstone) (loanword)
• 玉环县 yù huán xiàn: Yuhuan county in Taizhou 台州[tāi zhōu], Zhejiang
• 玉里镇 yù lǐ zhèn: Yuli town in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[huā lián xiàn], east Taiwan
• 右玉县 yòu yù xiàn: Youyu county in Shuozhou 朔州[shuò zhōu], Shanxi
• 玉米淀粉 yù mǐ diàn fěn: corn starch
• 玉素甫 yù sù fǔ: Yusuf, Arabic given name (Joseph)
• 玉泉区 yù quán qū: Yuquan District of Hohhot City 呼和浩特市[hū hé hào tè shì], Inner Mongolia
• 红玉髓 hóng yù suǐ: cornelian (mineral)
• 玉石 yù shí: jade
• 蒹葭倚玉 jiān jiā yǐ yù: see 蒹葭倚玉樹|蒹葭倚玉树[jiān jiā yǐ yù shù]
• 蒹葭玉树 jiān jiā yù shù: see 蒹葭倚玉樹|蒹葭倚玉树[jiān jiā yǐ yù shù]
• 汤玉麟 tāng yù lín: Tang Yulin (1871-1937), minor warlord in northeast China, sometime governor of Chengde 承德, mostly poor in battle but very successful at accumulating personal wealth
• 抛砖引玉 pāo zhuān yǐn yù: lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom)
• 玉带海雕 yù dài hǎi diāo: (bird species of China) Pallas's fish eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus)
• 玉普西隆 yù pǔ xī lóng: upsilon (Greek letter Υυ)
• 玉玦 yù jué: penannular jade pendant (often used as a symbol of separation or resolution, for homophony reasons)
• 玉田 yù tián: Yutian county in Tangshan 唐山[táng shān], Hebei
• 玉州 yù zhōu: Yuzhou district of Yulin city 玉林市[yù lín shì], Guangxi
• 玉螺 yù luó: moon snail (sea snail of the Naticidae family)
• 玉音 yù yīn: (deferential) your letter
• 勾玉 gōu yù: magatama (Japanese curved beads)
• 偷香窃玉 tōu xiāng qiè yù: lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering
• 玉露 yù lù: gyokuro (shaded Japanese green tea)
• 玉山县 yù shān xiàn: Yushan county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi