酉
yǒu
Pinyin
Definition
酉
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- 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster
- ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)
Character Decomposition
Compounds (24)
- 1 to join
- 2 to fit
- 3 to mate
- 4 to mix
- 5 to match
- 6 to deserve
- 7 to make up (a prescription)
- 8 to allocate
- 1 to wake up
- 2 to be awake
- 3 to become aware
- 4 to sober up
- 5 to come to
- 1 senior
- 2 of a senior generation
- 3 to honor
- 4 to respect
- 5 honorific
- 6 classifier for cannons and statues
- 7 ancient wine vessel
- 1 sour
- 2 tart
- 3 sick at heart
- 4 grieved
- 5 sore
- 6 aching
- 7 pedantic
- 8 impractical
- 9 to make sarcastic remarks about sb
- 10 an acid