yu

The letter Ю, ю.

Noun archaeology, history

  1. An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
    • A group of slenderer yu also survive from the Shang into the early Chou period, though they are rarer than the other design […] A yu with square body in the Hakuzuru Museum is the finest of these. - 1962, William...
  2. Jade, nephrite or jadeite.
    • The Yu, although of the hardness of rock crystal, is worked into an endless variety of forms […] - 1818, Clarke Abel, Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, page 133:
    • Another stone with which it would be interesting to compare it is the celebrated yu stone of the Chinese, which Dr. Abel, in his work on China, conjectured to be a species of nephrite […] - 1826, The Asiatic Journal and...

Origin

Etymology tree Chinese 玉bor. English yu Borrowed from Chinese 玉.

Forms

yu

Noun Entry 2

  1. The letter Ю, ю.

Origin

Etymology tree Russian ю (ju)bor. English yu Borrowed from Russian ю (ju).

Forms

yus

Related

yu choy yu sheng yu shiang yu toy

Pronoun

  1. Eye dialect spelling of you.
    • Then, in a staggering display of empathy for the deceased lacking, this friend segues to the narcissist nub of the matter: "Omg wat if yu get arrested b4 yur bdai." - 2009 March 10, Rosie DiManno, “Murder reduced to...

Origin

See you.