允 (yǔn): just, fair, to permit
允 (yǔn) is a Chinese character meaning “just.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 厶 (structural) and 儿 (structural). It ranks #1434 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- just
- fair
- to permit
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 允
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 允诺verb | yǔn nuò | to promise |
| 应允verb | yīng yǔn | to give one's assent |
| 公允adjective | gōng yǔn | equitable |
| 公允价值 | gōng yǔn jià zhí | fair value (accounting) |
| 允当noun | yǔn dàng | proper |
| 允准verb | yǔn zhǔn | to approve |
| 允文允武 | yǔn wén yǔn wǔ | equally proficient in intellectual and military affairs |
| 答允 | dā yǔn | (literary) to agree |
| 祝允明 | zhù yǔn míng | Zhu Yunming (1460-1526), Ming dynasty calligrapher |
| 允宜 | yǔn yí | appropriate |
| 朱允炆 | zhū yǔn wén | Zhu Yuanwen, personal name of second Ming Emperor Jianwen 建文 |
允 appears in 12 compound words: 50 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 25 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 允 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
未经允许，任何人不得进入这个房间。
Wèi jīng yǔnxǔ, rènhé rén bùdé jìnrù zhè gè fángjiān.
No one is allowed to enter this room without permission.
麦芽糖醇是无糖食品吗?作为甜味剂被允许用于无糖产品对吗
mài yá táng chún shì wú táng shí pǐn ma ? zuò wéi tián wèi jì bèi yǔn xǔ yòng yú wú táng chǎn pǐn duì ma
Is maltitol considered a sugar-free sweetener? Is it permitted for use in sugar-free products?
晨星:維持華潤置地和龍湖公允價值預測 偏好華潤置地
chén xīng 維 chí 華 潤 zhì dì hé 龍 hú gōng yǔn 價 zhí 預 測 piān hǎo 華 潤 zhì dì
Morningstar: Maintains fair value forecasts for China Resources Land and Longfor; favors China Resources Land
...上任!玩家憂AI淹沒遊戲...總裁喊:不允許糟糕AI
. . . shàng rèn ! wán jiā 憂 yān 沒 遊 戲 . . . 總 cái hǎn bù yǔn 許 zāo gāo
...Taking Office! Players Worry AI Will Overwhelm the Game... CEO Declares: No Room for Poor AI
索馬利蘭盼國際承認 願意允美國運用礦產及軍事基地
suǒ 馬 lì 蘭 pàn 國 際 chéng 認 願 yì yǔn měi 國 運 yòng 礦 產 jí 軍 shì jī dì
SOMALILAND WANTS INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION, WILLING TO ALLOW U.S. TO USE MINERALS AND MILITARY BASES.
索马利兰官员:愿意允美国运用矿产及军事基地
suǒ mǎ lì lán guān yuán yuàn yì yǔn měi guó yùn yòng kuàng chǎn jí jūn shì jī dì
Somaliland Official: Willing to Allow U.S. to Utilize Mineral and Military Bases
你认为汤姆会允许玛丽这么做吗？
Nǐ rènwéi Tāngmǔ huì yǔnxǔ Mǎlì zhème zuò ma?
Do you think Tom will permit Mary to do that?
抱歉，请允许我指出上文中的三个错误。
Bàoqiàn, qǐng yǔnxǔ wǒ zhǐchū shàngwén zhōng de sān gè cuòwù.
Excuse me, let me point out three mistakes in the above article.
我不允许你用我的钢笔。
Wǒ bù yǔnxǔ nǐ yòng wǒ de gāngbǐ.
I will not allow you to use my pen.
不允许在火车上吸烟。
Bù yǔnxǔ zài huǒchē shàng xīyān.
Smoking is not permitted on the train.
Character Family
儿 Radical Family — Characters sharing the legs radical
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