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邮 yóu mail

How to remember 邮: 由 because + 阝 city = mail. Because her granddaughter moved to the big city, Grandma sends her a parcel of dumplings every week by mail.

  • 1,652. most frequent character
  • HSK 3
  • 7 strokes
  • Radical 邑

Component breakdown

邮 = 由 because + 阝 city

  • 由 because
  • 阝 city
The Gushi story

Because her granddaughter moved to the big city, Grandma sends her a parcel of dumplings every week by mail.

How it is used

  • The "post / mail" morpheme - never used alone, always in compounds: 邮局 (yóujú) post office, 邮票 (yóupiào) stamp, 邮箱 (yóuxiāng) mailbox/inbox.
  • 邮寄 (yóujì) = to send by post: 把包裹邮寄过去 (bǎ bāoguǒ yóujì guòqu) mail the parcel over - 邮 is the postal channel, vs 送 (sòng) deliver by hand.
  • 邮件 (yóujiàn) now covers email too - 电子邮件 (diànzǐ yóujiàn) e-mail, often just 邮件 in context.

Words with 邮

Example sentences

  • 我收到一个电子邮件。 Wǒ shōu dào yīge diànzǐ yóujiàn.I received an e-mail.
  • 我去邮局寄信。 Wǒ qù yóujú jìxìn.I'm going to the post office to mail a letter.
  • 邮局就在正前方。 Yóujú jiù zài zhèng qiánfāng.The post office is right in front.
  • 信封上贴着两张邮票。 Xìnfēng shàng tiēzhe liǎng zhāng yóupiào.There are two stamps pasted on the envelope.