右
yòu
Pinyin

Definition

右
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yòu
  1. right (-hand)
  2. the Right (politics)
  3. west (old)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (3)

若
ruò
  1. 1 to seem
  2. 2 like
  3. 3 as
  4. 4 if
佑
yòu
  1. 1 to assist
  2. 2 to protect
祐
yòu
  1. 1 (of divinity) to bless
  2. 2 to protect

Related Words (20)

右边
yòu bian
  1. 1 right side
  2. 2 right, to the right
左右
zuǒ yòu
  1. 1 left and right
  2. 2 nearby
  3. 3 approximately
  4. 4 attendant
  5. 5 to control
  6. 6 to influence
右
yòu
  1. 1 right (-hand)
  2. 2 the Right (politics)
  3. 3 west (old)
右侧
yòu cè
  1. 1 right side
右手
yòu shǒu
  1. 1 right hand
  2. 2 right-hand side

Idioms (8)

不为左右袒
bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn
  1. 1 to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
宁左勿右
nìng zuǒ wù yòu
  1. 1 (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
左右两难
zuǒ yòu liǎng nán
  1. 1 dilemma
  2. 2 quandary
  3. 3 Scylla and Charybdis
  4. 4 between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom)
左右逢源
zuǒ yòu féng yuán
  1. 1 lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn everything into gold
  3. 3 to have everything going one's way
  4. 4 to benefit from both sides
左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
  1. 1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to display ambidexterity
  3. 3 to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
  4. 4 to use both feet equally (football)

Sample Sentences

我觉得难度系数最高的难叫左右为难。也就是说，当妈当的很为难，不知道该当虎妈还是羊妈，佛系妈。
wǒ juéde nándù xìshù zuìgāo de nán jiào zuǒyòuwéinán 。yějiùshìshuō ，dāng mā dāng de hěn wéinán ，bù zhīdào gāidāng hǔ mā háishi yáng mā ，fóxì mā 。
What scores highest in the scale of difficulties is "between a rock and a hard place". In this example, the mother is between a rock and a hard place, wondering whether to be a "tiger mom", or a "lamb mom" "Zen mom."
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他也享受的是和电脑的合作，不是和左右同事，更不是我。
tā yě xiǎngshòu de shì hé diànnǎo de hézuò ，búshi hé zuǒyòu tóngshì ，gèng búshi wǒ 。
he didn't enjoy working with his colleagues, and obviously he didn't enjoy working with me. He enjoyed working with the computer.
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我也不愿意啊！我前阵子右肩韧带拉伤，腰上的旧伤也一直没复原，所以想先把伤养好了再开始练。
wǒ yě bù yuànyì ā ！wǒ qián zhènzi yòu jiān rèndài lāshāng ，yāo shàng de jiù shāng yě yīzhí méi fùyuán ，suǒyǐ xiǎng xiān bǎ shāng yǎng hǎo le zài kāishǐ liàn 。
It’s not through lack of intention! I pulled a ligament in my right shoulder recently, and the old wound above my hip still hasn’t fully recovered, so I will start exercising again once my injury is better.
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我大呼小叫？我刚刚开车出门，先是路上打方向灯要右转，后方来车居然加速超前右转，差点就擦到我的车了！接着下车到便利店买点喝的，我才把冰箱门打开，旁边那小子竟然一伸手拿了我要的那罐茶就走！
wǒ dàhūxiǎojiào ？wǒ gānggāng kāichē chūmén ，xiān shì lùshang dǎ fāngxiàngdēng yào yòu zhuǎn ，hòufāng lái chē jūrán jiāsù chāoqián yòu zhuǎn ，chàdiǎn jiù cā dào wǒ de chē le ！jiē zhe xiàchē dào biànlìdiàn mǎi diǎnr hē de ，wǒ cái bǎ bīngxiāng mén dǎkāi ，pángbiān nà xiǎozi jìngrán yī shēnshǒu ná le wǒ yào de nà guàn chá jiù zǒu ！
I'm causing a scene? I was just driving from home, and I was signaling right, and a car came suddenly accelerated from behind and overtook me to turn right. He almost hit me! Then when I got out of the car to buy something to drink at a convenience store, I'd just opened the door to the fridge when a little hoodlum stretched out his arm from beside me to take the bottle of tea I wanted.
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杯子在我右边。
bēizi zài wǒ yòubian 。
The cup is to my right.
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Constance在我右边。
zài wǒ yòubian 。
Constance is to my right.
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杂交稻比常规稻增产20%左右，每年增产的粮食可养活7000万人。
zájiāodào bǐ chángguī dào zēngchǎn zuǒyòu ，měinián zēngchǎn de liángshi kě yǎnghuo wàn rén 。
Production from hybrid rice is about 20% higher compared with conventional rice, and the annual increase in grain production can feed 70 million people.
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左看看，右看看。
zuǒ kànkan ，yòu kànkan 。
Look left, look right.
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好的！它只是在几个街区外。走到街道尽头左拐，星巴克就在右边。
hǎo de ！tā zhǐshì zài jǐge jiēqū wài 。zǒu dào jiēdào jìntóu zuóguǎi ，Xīngbākè jiù zài yòubian 。
Sure! It's just a few blocks away. Go to the end of the street and turn left. It is on the right.
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直走到底然后右转就是了。
zhízǒu dào dǐ ránhòu yòuzhuǎn jiùshì le 。
Go straight to the end, then you have to turn right.
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