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Characters, words, pinyin or English

遇 yù encounter

encounter; to come across; to meet

How to remember 遇: 辶 road + 禺 monkey = encounter. On a mountain road a cheeky monkey snatches the cyclist's sunglasses, an encounter she will tell her friends about for years.

  • 899. most frequent character
  • HSK 3
  • 12 strokes
  • Radical 辵

Component breakdown

遇 = 辶 road + 禺 monkey

  • 辶 road
  • 禺 monkey
The Gushi story

On a mountain road a cheeky monkey snatches the cyclist's sunglasses, an encounter she will tell her friends about for years.

How it is used

  • To encounter/come across, usually by chance - 遇到 (yùdào) / 遇见 (yùjiàn) to run into: 路上遇到老朋友 (lùshang yùdào lǎo péngyou).
  • 遇到 also covers meeting with problems: 遇到困难 (yùdào kùnnan) to hit difficulties.
  • 待遇 (dàiyù) means treatment/pay-and-benefits: 工资待遇 (gōngzī dàiyù) salary package.
  • 机遇 (jīyù) is a (lucky) opportunity; 遭遇 (zāoyù) is to meet with something bad, or the ordeal itself.

Words with 遇

Example sentences

  • 他遇到了老朋友。 Tā yùdàole lǎopéngyou.He ran into an old friend.