邮 (yóu): post (office), mail
邮 (yóu) is a Chinese character meaning “post (office).” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 由 (phonetic) and 阝 (semantic). It ranks #1640 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 邮 place. Its radical form 阝 (mound) appears in many related characters such as 那 (nà, (specifier) that), 都 (dōu, all), 院 (yuàn, courtyard).
Definitions
- post (office)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 邮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 邮件noun | yóu jiàn | 3 | |
| 邮箱noun | yóu xiāng | mailbox | 3 |
| 邮局noun | yóu jú | post office | 5 |
| 邮票noun | yóu piào | (postage) stamp | 5 |
| 邮寄verb | yóu jì | to mail | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邮差noun | yóu chāi | postman |
| 邮递员noun | yóu dì yuán | mailman |
| 邮报 | yóu bào | Post (in the name of a newspaper) |
| 邮戳noun | yóu chuō | postmark |
| 邮政noun | yóu zhèng | postal service |
| 邮购verb | yóu gòu | to purchase by mail |
| 邮筒noun | yóu tǒng | mailbox |
| 邮轮noun | yóu lún | ocean liner |
| 邮编noun | yóu biān | postal code |
| 邮包noun | yóu bāo | postal parcel |
| 邮递noun | yóu dì | to mail |
| 邮车 | yóu chē | mail van |
| 集邮verb | jí yóu | stamp collecting |
| 邮政编码noun | yóu zhèng biān mǎ | postal code |
| 邮船noun | yóu chuán | mailboat |
邮 appears in 67 compound words: 58 as the first character, 12 as the last, and 30 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 邮 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Example Sentences
了解邮字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。
le xiè yóu zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .
Understanding the origin of the character for "mail" helps to comprehend Chinese culture.
诺如病毒|今抵港邮轮威士特丹号76人上吐下泻 首名病人日本...
nuò rú bìng dú jīn dǐ gǎng yóu lún wēi shì tè dān hào 7 6 rén shàng tǔ xià xiè shǒu míng bìng rén rì běn . . .
Norovirus|76 people on the cruise ship Westerdam arrived in Hong Kong today vomiting and diarrhea, the first patient Japan...
启德访港邮轮爆发诺如病毒感染 船上76人两周内陆续...
qǐ dé fǎng gǎng yóu lún bào fā nuò rú bìng dú gǎn rǎn chuán shàng 7 6 rén liǎng zhōu nèi lù xù . . .
Kai Tak cruise ship visiting Hong Kong outbreak of norovirus infection 76 people on board within two weeks...
短暂停港邮轮“威士特丹号”疑爆诺如病毒个案
duǎn zàn tíng gǎng yóu lún wēi shì tè dān hào yí bào nuò rú bìng dú gè àn
The cruise ship "Westerdam" was temporarily suspended for a suspected case of norovirus
中国邮政储蓄银行河南省分行原行长金春花接受审查...
zhōng guó yóu zhèng chǔ xù yín háng hé nán shěng fēn háng yuán háng cháng jīn chūn huā jiē shòu shěn chá . . .
Jin Chunhua, former president of the Henan Branch of the Postal Savings Bank of China, was examined...
搭完邮轮有“离船症候群”?30-60岁女性最常...
dā wán yóu lún yǒu lí chuán zhèng hòu qún ? 3 0 6 0 suì nǚ xìng zuì cháng . . .
After a cruise, do you have "disembarkation syndrome"? Women aged 30-60 are the most common...
这里附近有没有邮政局？
Zhèlǐ fùjìn yǒuméiyǒu yóuzhèngjú?
Is there a post office around here?
距离村内的邮政局不到一公里。
Jùlí cūn nèi de yóuzhèngjú bù dào yī gōnglǐ.
It was less than one kilometer to the village post office.
把这张邮票贴在明信片上，然后投到邮箱里。
Bǎ zhè zhāng yóupiào tiē zài míngxìnpiàn shàng, ránhòu tóu dào yóuxiāng lǐ.
Put this stamp on the postcard and drop it in the mailbox.
她唯一的兴趣是集邮。
Tā wéiyī de xìngqù shì jíyóu.
Her only hobby is collecting stamps.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 阝 (place) component
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