"yo" meaning in Chinese

See yo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /jou̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /jou̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: jou¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yōu [Cantonese, Yale], jou¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], you¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English yo. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|yo}} English yo Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} yo
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly university slang) outgoing; sociable Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Categories (topical): Universities
    Sense id: en-yo-zh-adj-qJidj6zz Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Hong Kong Cantonese Disambiguation of Hong Kong Cantonese: 64 9 5 22

Verb

IPA: /jou̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /jou̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: jou¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yōu [Cantonese, Yale], jou¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], you¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: university slang [Cantonese, Hong-Kong]
Etymology: From English yo. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|yo}} English yo Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} yo
  1. to act in an outgoing manner Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-yo-zh-verb-SmXy2HUQ
  2. to socialize with; to interact with Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-yo-zh-verb-9PAYRPna
  3. (euphemistic) Used in certain interjections to replace vulgar verbs. Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, euphemistic Categories (topical): Universities
    Sense id: en-yo-zh-verb-Y4v4jQPn Disambiguation of Universities: 20 18 17 45 Categories (other): Chinese euphemisms, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 20 10 10 60 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 16 25 13 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: yo女

Download JSON data for yo meaning in Chinese (3.6kB)

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