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优雅 (yōu yǎ) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

优雅 (yōu yǎ) is a Chinese word: elegant. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 优雅

形 xíng adjective

elegant

她的举止非常优雅。

tā de jǔ zhǐ fēi cháng yōu yǎ

Her manners are very elegant.

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Word breakdown

优 yōu — superior, excellent

雅 yǎ — refined, cultured

Structure & writing
1 优 yōu — excellent; superior (opposite of 劣)

优 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

1.1 亻 rén — person/human radical (standing figure)
亻 is a component in 117 characters
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Stroke order

2 雅 yǎ — court music of the Zhou dynasty; the Ya odes in the Book of Songs (divided into Greater Ya and Lesser Ya)

雅 is not used as a component in any other character.

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