Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "纡", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "纡", and master the standard way of writing the character "纡".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 纡
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "纡" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
纡
yū
1. Bend, twist.
- Examples: 弯曲 (bend), 绕弯 (twist), 萦纡 (hover around), 纡尊降贵 (a high-ranking person lowers their status to be close to a lower-ranking person).
2. To feel depressed and tangled inside.
- Examples: 苦闷 (sorrow), 纡郁 (feeling of oppression), 纡轸 (being trapped in depression).
3. Move slowly.
- Examples: 纡徐 (move leisurely), 纡缓 (move slowly).
4. To bind, to tie.
- General usage: 系 (tie), 结 (bind).
Additional meanings:
1. Same as the original meaning (bend).
- 引例 (Examples): 《说文》: 纡,绌也,一曰萦也。(It means bending or curling.) 《考工记·矢人》: 中弱则纡 - "When the middle is weak, it bends."
2. To linger or hover around.
- 引例 (Examples): 《文选·张衡·东京赋》: 水澹澹而盘纡兮 - "The water is calm and lingers."
3. To feel wrong or suffer from injustice.
- 引例 (Example): 纡身 (to humble oneself), 纡意 (to endure grievances to flatter others).
4. To wear or adorn oneself.
- 引例 (Examples): 我待纡双绶 (I wait to wear double sashes, a metaphor for holding a high position or honor).
5. To bind or tie.
- 引例 (Example): 绾黄纡紫 (to tie yellow and purple ribbons).