幼 (yòu): young
幼 (yòu) is a Chinese character meaning “young.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 幺 (structural) and 力 (structural). It ranks #1567 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 幼 one with little 幺 strength 力; 幺 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 幺 (tiny) appears in many related characters such as 乡 (xiāng, country or countryside), 幽 (yōu, remote), 幻 (huàn, fantasy).
Definitions
- young
Etymology & Origin
ideographicOne with little 幺 strength 力; 幺 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰幺力 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 幼
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幼稚adjective | yòu zhì | young |
| 年幼adjective | nián yòu | young |
| 幼童noun | yòu tóng | young child |
| 幼虫noun | yòu chóng | (entomology) larva |
| 幼小adjective | yòu xiǎo | young |
| 幼苗noun | yòu miáo | young sprout |
| 幼儿noun | yòu ér | young child |
| 幼年noun | yòu nián | childhood |
| 幼稚园noun | yòu zhì yuán | kindergarten (Tw) |
| 幼女noun | yòu nǚ | young girl |
| 幼子 | yòu zǐ | youngest son |
| 幼时 | yòu shí | childhood |
| 男女老幼phrase | nán nǚ lǎo yòu | men, women, young and old |
| 幼发拉底河proper-noun | yòu fā lā dǐ hé | Euphrates River |
| 自幼adverb | zì yòu | since childhood |
幼 appears in 39 compound words: 69 as the first character, 18 as the last, and 13 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 幼 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
这个幼字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gě yòu zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
The character "幼" had different meanings in classical Chinese.
1岁半幼童悬挂10楼窗外坠落 路人合力以大衣接住...
1 suì bàn yòu tóng xuán guà 1 0 lóu chuāng wài zhuì luò lù rén gě lì yǐ dà yī jiē zhù . . .
A one-and-a-half-year-old child hung from the window on the 10th floor and fell from the window, and passers-by worked together to catch it with a coat...
财政预算案|消息:幼稚园单位资助额不再削减 两项津贴整合并入
cái zhèng yù suàn àn xiāo xī : yòu zhì yuán dān wèi zī zhù é bù zài xiāo jiǎn liǎng xiàng jīn tiē zhěng gě bìng rù
Budget|News: The amount of subsidy for kindergarten units will not be reduced The two subsidies will be integrated and merged
财政预算案|消息:幼稚园单位资助不再减 官津校资助每年削2%
cái zhèng yù suàn àn xiāo xī : yòu zhì yuán dān wèi zī zhù bù zài jiǎn guān jīn jiào zī zhù měi nián xiāo 2
Budget|News: Kindergarten subsidy will no longer be reduced, and subsidy for government subsidies will be cut by 2% every year
上水“怪兽仓”两幼犬被困笼内 一狗断尾惹乌蝇 区议员联络仓...
shàng shuǐ guài shòu cāng liǎng yòu quǎn bèi kùn lóng nèi yī gǒu duàn wěi rě wū yíng qū yì yuán lián lào cāng . . .
Two puppies in the "monster warehouse" in Sheung Shui were trapped in a cage, and a dog cut off its tail to provoke flies District councillor liaison warehouse...
是你该放弃你幼稚手段的时候了。
Shì nǐ gāi fàngqì nǐ yòuzhì shǒuduàn de shíhou le.
It is time you left off your childish ways.
打消这种幼稚的念头吧。
Dǎxiāo zhèzhǒng yòuzhì de niàntou ba.
Get rid of those kinds of naive ideas.
母鸟叼来虫子喂幼鸟。
Mǔ niǎo diāo lái chóngzi wèi yòu niǎo.
The mother bird brought worms for her young ones.
横街的那端有一个幼儿园。
Héngjiē de nà duān yǒu yī gè yòu'éryuán.
There is a kindergarten at the other end of the street.
孤儿们被带到这间育幼院。
Gū'ér men bèi dài dào zhè jiān yùyòuyuàn.
The orphans were taken to the orphanage.
Character Family
幺 Radical Family — Characters sharing the tiny radical
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