诱 (yòu): (literary) to induce, to entice
诱 (yòu) is a Chinese character meaning “(literary) to induce.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (structural) and 秀 (structural). It ranks #1692 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 诱 to use elegant 秀 words 讠; 秀 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- (literary) to induce
- to entice
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTo use elegant 秀 words 讠; 秀 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰讠秀 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 诱惑verb | yòu huò | to entice |
| 引诱verb | yǐn yòu | to coerce (sb into doing sth bad) |
| 诱饵noun | yòu ěr | bait |
| 诱人adjective | yòu rén | attractive |
| 诱拐verb | yòu guǎi | to abduct |
| 诱导verb | yòu dǎo | to induce |
| 诱骗verb | yòu piàn | to entice |
| 诱捕verb | yòu bǔ | to trap (an animal) |
| 诱发verb | yòu fā | to induce |
| 诱因noun | yòu yīn | cause |
| 诱使verb | yòu shǐ | to lure into |
| 诱奸verb | yòu jiān | to seduce (into sex) |
| 利诱verb | lì yòu | to use gain as a lure |
| 循循善诱phrase | xún xún shàn yòu | to guide patiently and systematically (idiom) |
| 劝诱verb | quàn yòu | to prevail upon |
诱 appears in 24 compound words: 63 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 诱 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
诱传身教是最好的教育方式。
yòu chuán shēn jiào shì zuì hǎo de jiào yù fāng shì .
Leading by example is the best form of education.
诱骗同乡偷渡来马劳动剥削 移民局捕4孟加拉...
yòu piàn tóng xiāng tōu dù lái mǎ láo dòng bāo xiāo yí mín jú bǔ 4 mèng jiā lā . . .
Tricking fellow villagers to smuggle into Malaysia for labor exploitation, immigration bureau arrests 4 Bangladesh...
男星基斯宾高化惊爆性丑闻 藉工诱女模赴美 非法禁锢逼当性奴
nán xīng jī sī bīn gāo huà jīng bào xìng chǒu wén 藉 gōng yòu nǚ mó fù měi fēi fǎ jīn 锢 bī dāng xìng nú
Actor Kispeng Gao Hua shocked the sex scandal and lured female models to the United States to illegally imprison and force them to be sex slaves
美研发AI水下无人载具 可发射诱饵鱼雷、无人机
měi yán fā A I shuǐ xià wú rén zài jù kě fā shè yòu ěr yú léi , wú rén jī
The United States has developed AI underwater unmanned vehicles that can launch decoy torpedoes and drones
至少两名南非公民被诱骗为俄作战 在战事中丧生
zhì shǎo liǎng míng nán fēi gōng mín bèi yòu piàn wéi é zuò zhàn zài zhàn shì zhōng sāng shēng
At least two South African citizens were tricked into fighting for Russia and were killed in the fighting
原子核能量诱发释放机制获新突破_光明网
yuán zǐ hé néng liàng yòu fā shì fàng jī zhì huò xīn tū pò guāng míng wǎng
New breakthroughs in the mechanism of induced release of nuclear energy_Guangming.com
你不应该屈服在诱惑之下。
Nǐ bù yīnggāi qūfú zài yòuhuò zhīxià.
You must not yield to temptation.
我抵抗不了甜食的诱惑。
Wǒ dǐkàngbuliǎo tiánshí de yòuhuò.
I can't resist sweets.
她终于受不了诱惑，吃掉了整件蛋糕。
Tā zhōngyú shòubùliǎo yòuhuò, chīdiào le zhěng jiàn dàngāo.
Finally she gave in to temptation and ate the whole cake.
虽然她节食, 巧克力蛋糕仍然诱惑着她。
Suīrán tā jiéshí, qiǎokèlì dàngāo réngrán yòuhuò zhe tā.
Even though she is dieting, the chocolate cake still tempts her.
Character Family
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