與 (yǔ)
and; with (formal/written); to give
How 與 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 臼 — mortar
- Traditional
- 與
- Simplified
- 与
Components
- 臼 mortar
- 丨 line
- 一 one
- 八 eight/divide
與 has 3 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- yú
- (same as 歟|欤, final particle expression doubt or surprise, similar to 吗 or 呢)
- yǔ
- and; to give; together with
- yù
- take part in
Common words using 與
- 參與 cānyù
- to participate (in sth)
- 事與願違 shìyǔyuànwéi
- things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
- 交與 jiāoyǔ
- to hand over
- 參與者 cānyùzhě
- participant
- 施與 shīyǔ
- to donate; to give; to grant
- 無與倫比 wúyúlúnbǐ
- incomparable
- 罪與罰 zuìyǔfá
- Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基
- 與世無爭 yǔshìwúzhēng
- to stand aloof from worldly affairs
- 與世長辭 yǔshìchángcí
- to die; to depart from the world forever
- 與世隔絕 yǔshìgéjué
- to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)
- 與其 yǔqí
- rather than...; 與其|与其 A 不如 B (rather than A, better to B)
- 與否 yǔfǒu
- whether or not (at the end of a phrase)
與 in a sentence
老師與學生都參加了會議。
Lǎoshī yǔ xuéshēng dōu cānjiā le huìyì.
“Teachers and students attended the meeting together.”
How common is 與?
與 is the 108th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 43.2% of all running text.
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