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Hanzi

淤

silt/river sludge/to silt up/choked with silt/variant of 瘀[yu1]

Hanzi

Pinyin

yū

Bopomofo

ㄩ

Jyutping

jyu1

Example sentences

淤 yū
泥沙淤積在排水溝裡，附近的路因此積水。
泥沙淤积在排水沟里，附近的路因此积水。

Mud and sand accumulated in the drainage ditch, so the nearby road flooded.

淤泥 yūní
工人清除了河道裡的淤泥。
工人清除了河道里的淤泥。

The workers cleared the silt from the river channel.

淤積 / 淤积 yūjī
暴雨過後，河道淤積了大量泥沙。
暴雨过后，河道淤积了大量泥沙。

After the heavy rain, a large amount of silt accumulated in the river channel.

Example Vocabulary

淤

yu1

silt; to become clogged with sediment

淤泥

yu1'ni2

silt; sludge deposited in water channels

淤積

yu1'ji1

silt accumulation; to accumulate sediment; sedimentation

淤血

yu1'xie3

淤青

淤塞

yu1'se4

淤滯

yu1'zhi4

祛淤

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