喻 (yù)
metaphor; to explain (bound form)
How 喻 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Traditional
- 喻
- Simplified
- 喻 (unchanged)
Common words using 喻
- 比喻 bǐyù
- to compare; to liken to; metaphor
- 不言而喻 bùyánéryù
- it goes without saying; it is self-evident
- 家喻戶曉 jiāyùhùxiǎo
- understood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name
- 理喻 lǐyù
- to reason with sb
- 隱喻 yǐnyù
- metaphor
- 不可理喻 bùkělǐyù
- be impervious to reason; won't listen to reason
- 不可言喻 bùkěyányù
- inexpressible (idiom)
- 暗喻 ànyù
- metaphor
- 譬喻 pìyù
- simile; rhetorical comparison (that contains an explicit link word 如同, 好比 "like", "just like")
喻 in a sentence
這只是一個比喻。
Zhè zhǐshì yí ge bǐyù.
“This is just a metaphor.”
How common is 喻?
喻 is the 2,268th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 98% of all running text.
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