yus

Particle

yes

1. Used to show agreement or acceptance.
   • Yes, you are correct.
2. Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.
   • It was not my fault we lost the race.
     Oh, yes, it was!
3. (humorous) Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.
   • Do you like cake, or pie?
     Yes.

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Noun (1)

yu (countable and uncountable, plural yu)

1. (countable) An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
   • A group of slenderer yu also survive from the Shang into the early Chou period, though they are rarer than the other design […] A yu with square body in the Hakuzuru Museum is the finest of these.1962, William Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, page 34
2. (archaic, uncountable) Jade, nephrite or jadeite.
   • The Yu, although of the hardness of rock crystal, is worked into an endless variety of forms […]1818, Clarke Abel, Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, page 133

Noun (2)

yu (plural yus)

1. The letter Ю, ю.

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