悠
yōu
Pinyin

Definition

悠
 - 
yōu
  1. long or drawn out
  2. remote in time or space
  3. leisurely
  4. to swing
  5. pensive
  6. worried

Character Decomposition

Related Words (17)

忽悠
hū you
  1. 1 to rock
  2. 2 to sway
  3. 3 to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water)
  4. 4 to flutter (e.g. of a flag)
  5. 5 to trick sb into doing sth
  6. 6 to dupe
  7. 7 to con
悠闲
yōu xián
  1. 1 variant: 悠闲
  2. 2 leisurely
悠久
yōu jiǔ
  1. 1 long (tradition, history etc)
悠哉
yōu zāi
悠悠
yōu yōu
  1. 1 lasting for ages
  2. 2 long drawn out
  3. 3 remote in time or space
  4. 4 unhurried
  5. 5 a great number (of events)
  6. 6 preposterous
  7. 7 pensive

Idioms (1)

悠哉悠哉
yōu zāi yōu zāi
  1. 1 free and unconstrained (idiom)
  2. 2 leisurely and carefree

Sample Sentences

现在窗外还是漆黑一片，估计都没到四点呢，你又想忽悠我。
xiànzài chuāngwài háishì qīhēi yīpiàn ，gūjì dōu méi dào sì diǎn ne ，nǐ yòu xiǎng hūyou wǒ 。
It's still pitch black outside, it can't be even 4am yet, are you messing with me again?
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彷徨在悠长，悠长
pánghuáng zài yōucháng ，yōucháng
Pacing in the long, long
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在我印象中，台湾的金马奖还是很有看点的，它的历史也比较悠久。
zài wǒ yìnxiàng zhōng ，Táiwān de jīnmǎjiǎng háishì hěnyǒu kàndiǎn de ，tā de lìshǐ yě bǐjiào yōujiǔ 。
In my view, Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards are really worth watching. The history of the awards is also really long.
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加热过的黄酒，营养丰富，酒香四溢，暖胃活血，尤其适合在江南的冬季小酌。在老街的酒铺里，见到那些划乌篷船的老爹爹，坐在四条腿的方桌旁，取一只浅浅的土陶碗，倒一碗黄酒，剥几粒茴香，细品慢嚼，悠然自得。
jiārè guò de huángjiǔ ，yíngyǎng fēngfù ，jiǔ xiāng sìyì ，nuǎn wèi huó xiě ，yóuqí shìhé zài Jiāngnán de dōngjì xiǎozhuó 。zài lǎojiē de jiǔpù lǐ ，jiàndào nàxiē huá wūpéngchuán de lǎodiēdie ，zuò zài sì tiáo tuǐ de fāng zhuō páng ，qǔ yī zhī qiǎnqiǎn de tǔtáowǎn ，dào yī wǎn huángjiǔ ，bāo jǐ lì huíxiāng ，xì pǐn màn jiáo ，yōuránzìdé 。
Warm huangjiu is very nutritious and particulary fragrant. It will warm your belly and improve your circulation. It's particularly suitable for drinking in winter in the area south of the Yangtze river. You see those old men who row the famous black-awning boats in the wine shops of the old street sitting beside the four legged square tables, picking up a shallow clay bowl, pouring in huangjiu, and peeling a few aniseed flavoured broad beans, sipping daintily at the wine while chewing slowly, at ease and content.
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我昨天去北投洗温泉，没想到北投公园人山人海，简直咱们黄金周出行的规格了，是谁告诉我北投夏天没啥人，可以图个清静悠闲的...
wǒ zuótiān qù Běitóu xǐ wēnquán ，méixiǎngdào Běitóu gōngyuán rénshānrénhǎi ，jiǎnzhí zánmen huángjīnzhōu chūxíng de guīgé le ，shì shéi gàosu wǒ Běitóu xiàtiān méi shá rén ，kěyǐ tú gè qīngjìng yōuxián de ...
I went to bathe in the hot springs in Beitou yesterday. To my surprise the Beitou park was packed with people, similar in scale to the crowds in China's Golden Week holiday. Who was it that told me that there aren't many people in Beitou in summertime and that I could get a bit of peace and quiet...
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这首歌，曲调悠扬，歌词唯美，和平常听到的中文流行音乐很不一样。
zhè shǒu gē ，qǔdiào yōuyáng ，gēcí wéiměi ，hé píngcháng tīngdào de Zhōngwén liúxíng yīnyuè hěnbù yīyàng 。
This song is so melodious and the lyrics are so beautiful, completely different from the average Mandopop music you generally hear.
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有一次我在家里面非常悠哉地带孩子，突然发现我的尿布用光了，简直就是晴天霹雳！
yǒu yī cì wǒ zài jiā lǐmiàn fēicháng yōuzāi de dài háizi ，tūrán fāxiàn wǒ de niàobù yòng guāng le ，jiǎnzhí jiùshì qíngtiānpīlì ！
There was one time, I was taking care of my kid and relaxing. Then I found out I was out of diapers. It was a real bolt from the blue.
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哟，挺悠闲。你在干嘛呢？
yō ，tǐng yōuxián 。nǐ zài gànmá ne ？
Oh, how relaxing. What about you?
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别听他们瞎说，那是忽悠你们这些大学生的。
bié tīng tāmen xiāshuō ，nà shì hūyou nǐmen zhèxiē dàxuéshēng de 。
Don’t listen to that nonsense, that’s just stuff they say to fool you college students.
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你听说过福建有个“偷渡村”吗？那里有很悠久的移民史，从60年代以后，那里有很多人纷纷偷渡去美国打工，所以那个地区的华侨数量多得惊人。
nǐ tīngshuō guò fújiàn yǒu gè “tōudù cūn ”ma ？nàlǐ yǒu hěn yōujiǔ de yímínshǐ ，cóng liùshí niándài yǐhòu ，nàlǐ yǒu hěnduō rén fēnfēn tōudù qù měiguó dǎgōng ，suǒyǐ nàge dìqū de huáqiáo shùliàng duō de jīngrén 。
Do you know that Fujian has a whole village dedicated to people smuggling? There is a long history of emigration from the village, as from the 1960s onwards, batch after batch of people have been smuggled to America to work, resulting in a shocking number of people there who hold American passports.
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