餘緒

Chinese

		remainder	beginnings; clues; mental state beginnings; clues; mental state; thread
trad. (餘緒)		餘	緒
simp. (余绪)		余	绪
anagram		緒餘／绪余

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúxù

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄒㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ seoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúxù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúsyù
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-hsü⁴
    • Yale: yú-syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yushiuh
    • Palladius: юйсюй (jujsjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ seoi⁵
    • Yale: yùh séuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ soey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ sêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ sɵy̯¹³/

Noun

餘緒

1. (literary) that which is passed on to later generations (such as property, assets, practices, etc.)
2. (literary) descendant; offspring; progeny
3. (literary) that which is less important; that which is secondary

Synonyms

• (descendant):

• 下輩／下辈 (xiàbèi)
• 仔孫／仔孙 (zai² syun¹) (Cantonese)
• 兒孫／儿孙 (érsūn)
• 囝孫／囝孙 (Min)
• 子孫／子孙 (zǐsūn)
• 子胤 (zǐyìn) (literary)
• 孫子／孙子 (literary)
• 後人／后人 (hòurén)
• 後代／后代 (hòudài)
• 後嗣／后嗣 (hòusì)
• 後生／后生 (hòushēng) (literary)
• 後裔／后裔 (hòuyì)
• 根 (gēn) (figurative)
• 緒餘／绪余 (xùyú) (literary)
• 苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 遺裔／遗裔 (yíyì) (literary)