余 yú surplus

源How it came to be

A roof set on a single post with a platform under it: a shelter put up quickly by the road. Borrowed for the word I; the left over sense came later from another character.

用How it is used

• Bound character "surplus, remaining": 剩余 (shèngyú, leftover), 其余 (qíyú, "the rest" - refers to remaining items in a set, e.g. 其余的人 qíyú de rén, the rest of the people).
• 业余 (yèyú) means "spare time/amateur": 业余时间 (yèyú shíjiān, free time), 业余爱好者 (yèyú àihàozhě, amateur enthusiast).
• Attached after a round number it means "-odd, more than": 十余人 (shí yú rén, more than ten people) - a literary alternative to spoken 多.

字Characters built with 余

• 除 remove
• 斜 slanting
• 途 way
• 叙 to express
• 徐 slowly
• 涂 to smear

词Words with 余

• 业余yèyúin one's spare timeHSK 5
• 其余qíyúthe restHSK 5
• 余额yú’ébalance (of an account, bill etc)HSK 6
• 剩余shèngyúremainderHSK 6
• 多余duōyúsuperfluousHSK 6
• 余地yúdìmarginHSK 8

句Example sentences

• 她工作之余顺便在巴黎游玩。 Tā gōngzuò zhī yú shùnbiàn zài Bālí yóuwán.She travels to Paris when she gets time off from work.
• 这个月的薪水还有剩余。 Zhège yuè de xīnshui hái yǒu shèngyú.Some of this month's salary is still left over.