喻
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to describe sth as; an analogy; a simile; a metaphor; an allegory
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
figure of speech · Heisig RSH #1628
slaughterhouse + 口 mouth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 喻
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不可理喻 | (idiom) impervious to reason; unreasonable | |
| 不可言喻 | inexpressible (idiom) | |
| 不言而喻 | (idiom) it goes without saying; it is self-evident | |
| 喻世明言 | another name for 古今小說|古今小说[Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1], Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍… | |
| 比喻义 | figurative meaning (of a word) | |
| 提喻法 | synecdoche | |
| 自喻 | to refer to oneself as | |
| 借古喻今 | to borrow the past as a model for the present | |
| 风喻 | see 諷喻|讽喻[feng3 yu4] | |
| 理喻 | to reason with sb | |
| 明喻 | simile | |
| 言喻 | to describe; to put into words | |
| 转喻 | metonymy | |
| 比喻 | to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively | |
| 家喻户晓 | understood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name | |
| 暗喻 | metaphor | |
| 换喻 | metonymy | |
| 隐喻 | metaphor | |
| 借喻 | to use sth as a metaphor | |
| 逆喻 | oxymoron |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 俞 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 俞 sound part | to consent, to approve; surname | |
| 输 | to carry, to haul, to transport | |
| 偷 | to steal; burglar, thief | |
| 榆 | elm tree | |
| 愈 | to recover, to heal; more and more | |
| 谕 | to proclaim; to instruct; edict | |
| 瑜 | flawless gem or jewel | |
| 渝 | to change; Chongqing | |
| 逾 | to jump over; to exceed, to surpass | |
| 愉 | pleasant, delightful; to please | |
| 揄 | to lift, to raise; to praise; to hang, to flap | |
| 蝓 | snail | |
| 嵛 | a county in the Shandong province | |
| 腧 | acupoint | |
| 觎 | to covet, to desire, to long for | |
| 毹 | blanket, rug | |
| 窬 | door, window; a hole in a wall |