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諛
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See also: 谀
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Translingual
Han character
諛 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹難人 (YRHXO), four-corner 07637, composition ⿰訁臾)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1169, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35696
- Dae Jaweon: page 1635, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3987, character 5
- Unihan data for U+8ADB
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lo): semantic 言 + phonetic 臾 (OC *ɡruds, *lo).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu4
- Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̀
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6yu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yú
- Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yú
- Wade–Giles: yü2
- Yale: yú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
- Palladius: юй (juj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /y³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jyu4
- Yale: yùh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jy4
- Guangdong Romanization: yu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̀
- Sinological IPA (key): /y⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: yu
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)o/
- (Zhengzhang): /*lo/
Definitions
諛
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to flatter; to truckle; to toady to
- 僕臣正，厥后克正；僕臣諛，厥后自聖。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE
- Púchén zhèng, jué hòu kè zhèng; púchén yú, jué hòu zì shèng. [Pinyin]
- When these household officers are correct, the sovereign will be correct;
When they are flatterers, the sovereign will consider himself a sage.
仆臣正，厥后克正；仆臣谀，厥后自圣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]- 謂己道人，則勃然作色；謂己諛人，則怫然作色。而終身道人也，終身諛人也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- Wèi jǐ dào rén, zé bórán zuòsè; wèi jǐ yú rén, zé fúrán zuòsè. Ér zhōngshēn dào rén yě, zhōngshēn yú rén yě. [Pinyin]
- Tell a man that he is merely following (the opinions) of another, and at once he flushes with anger.
Tell a man that he is flatterer of others, and immediately he flushes with anger.
And yet all his life he is merely following others, and flattering them.
谓己道人，则勃然作色；谓己谀人，则怫然作色。而终身道人也，终身谀人也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) flattery; toadying words
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, ideophonic) kind; gentle; meek
Compounds
- 佞諛 / 佞谀
- 口諛 / 口谀
- 奉諛 / 奉谀
- 好諛惡直 / 好谀恶直
- 姦諛 / 奸谀
- 媚諛 / 媚谀
- 寅諛 / 寅谀
- 導諛 / 导谀
- 巧諛 / 巧谀
- 從諛 / 从谀
- 恐諛 / 恐谀
- 憸諛 / 𪫺谀
- 昵諛
- 獻諛 / 献谀
- 稱諛 / 称谀
- 詭諛 / 诡谀
- 誣諛 / 诬谀
- 諂諛 / 谄谀 (chǎnyú)
- 諂諛取容 / 谄谀取容
- 諛佞 / 谀佞
- 諛儒 / 谀儒
- 諛優 / 谀优
- 諛史 / 谀史
- 諛噱 / 谀噱
- 諛墓 / 谀墓
- 諛媚 / 谀媚
- 諛導 / 谀导
- 諛巧 / 谀巧
- 諛悅 / 谀悦
- 諛然 / 谀然
- 諛美 / 谀美
- 諛聞 / 谀闻
- 諛臣 / 谀臣
- 諛舌 / 谀舌
- 諛行 / 谀行
- 諛言 / 谀言 (yúyán)
- 諛詞 / 谀词
- 諛語 / 谀语
- 諛說 / 谀说
- 諛誕 / 谀诞
- 諛諂 / 谀谄
- 諱諛 / 讳谀
- 諧諛 / 谐谀
- 諛謗 / 谀谤
- 諛贊 / 谀赞
- 諛辭 / 谀辞
- 諛順 / 谀顺
- 諛頌 / 谀颂
- 謗諛 / 谤谀
- 謾諛 / 谩谀
- 譏諛 / 讥谀
- 譽諛 / 誉谀
- 讋諛立懦 / 詟谀立懦
- 讒諛 / 谗谀
- 貢諛 / 贡谀
- 貪諛 / 贪谀
- 贊諛 / 赞谀
- 進諛 / 进谀
- 道諛 / 道谀
- 邪諛 / 邪谀
- 阿諛 / 阿谀 (ēyú)
- 阿諛取容 / 阿谀取容
- 阿諛奉承 / 阿谀奉承 (ēyúfèngchéng)
- 阿諛曲從 / 阿谀曲从
- 阿諛趨奉 / 阿谀趋奉
- 阿諛逢迎 / 阿谀逢迎
- 阿諛順意 / 阿谀顺意
- 阿諛順旨 / 阿谀顺旨
- 險諛 / 险谀
- 面諛 / 面谀
- 面諛背毀 / 面谀背毁
- 頌諛 / 颂谀
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Japanese
Kanji
諛
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
諛 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
諛: Hán Nôm readings: du, dua, hùa
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