有餘

See also: 有余

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	remainder
trad. (有餘)		有	餘
simp. (有余)		有	余

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒuyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ jyu⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): yu¹ yi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒuyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒuyú
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-yü²
    • Yale: yǒu-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeouyu
    • Palladius: ююй (jujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ jyu⁴
    • Yale: yáuh yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 有如 有餘／有余

• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yu¹ yi²
    • Sinological IPA: /iu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ i¹¹/

Verb

有餘

1. to have an abundance

   年年有餘／年年有余  ―  niánniányǒuyú  ―  Wish you have abundance every year (a Chinese New Year wishing phrase)

Adjective

有餘

1. odd; about; or so

   • 群臣百有餘人皆絕去其冠纓而上火，卒盡懽而罷。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     群臣百有余人皆绝去其冠缨而上火，卒尽欢而罢。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 77 B.C.E., 劉向 (Liu Xiang), 《說苑》 (Garden of Stories), chapter 6

     Qúnchén bǎi yǒuyú rén jiē jué qù qí guānyīng ér shànghuǒ, zú jìn huān ér bà. [Pinyin]

     After more than 100 ministers removed the cords which held their headpieces in place, all of the candles were relit. All of the king's subjects were happy, and that was the end of it.

Synonyms

• 有奇 (yǒujī)
• 有零 (yǒulíng)

Derived terms

• 心有餘而力不足／心有余而力不足 (xīn yǒuyú ér lì bùzú)
• 成事不足，敗事有餘／成事不足，败事有余 (chéngshì bùzú, bàishì yǒuyú)
• 比上不足，比下有餘／比上不足，比下有余 (bǐ shàng bùzú, bǐ xià yǒuyú)
• 綽綽有餘／绰绰有余 (chuòchuòyǒuyú)