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Definition: YU |
YUNoun1. Jade. |
"YU" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the jade", "an honor", "happy". |
Note: Yu \Yu\, noun. [Chin.]. (references) |
"YU" is a common misspelling or typo for: you. |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Yu |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
YU | English | Yeshiva University | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: YU |
| Non-English Usage: "YU" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Pidgin English (did you, Do you, you). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The System Lord, Yu. (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright) Yu will be among the System Lords attending the meeting (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hong quan yu yong chun (1974) Yu Gwan-sun (1974) Xiao hai yu gou (1974) She wang yu yan wang (1973) Ya yu xia yang (1973) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Osmotic compression is used to determine the radial force generated by attached acto-myosin crossbridges in a muscle. (Picture courtesy Leepo Yu, NIH). Credit: NICHD. |  | [James Yu Ping Chen]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Shanghai street scene" by Henry Yao Commentary: "Yu yuan gardens." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Yu Cao | Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Eds. V. L. Yu, T. C. Merrigan, S. L. Barriere. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Yugoslavia | Aside from the three RTS channels, the state has considerable influence, although not formal control, of the major television stations: TV Politika, TV Novi Sad, and YU INFO, as well as Radio Belgrade's three stations. (references) |
Human Rights | China | Persons detained for such offenses included Hu Shigen, Kang Yuchun, Yu Zhijian, Zhang Jingsheng, and Sun Xiongying. (references) |
Korea | The three were identified as Kim Young Nam, who disappeared from Son Yu beach, and Yi Myong U and Hong Kyun Pyo, both of whom disappeared from Hong To island beach. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "YU" is generally used as a pronoun (personal) -- approximately 63.72% of the time. "YU" is used about 317 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Pronoun (personal) | 63.72% | 202 | 21,454 |
| Determiner (possessive) | 18.3% | 58 | 44,427 |
| Noun (proper) | 11.36% | 36 | 57,479 |
| Noun (common) | 3.15% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.21% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Unclassified Items | 1.26% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 317 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "YU" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Yu | First name Female | 3,000 | 1,889 |
| Yu | Last name | 7,000 | 1,734 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Hong Kong | Yu Ming Investments Limited | Singapore | Fu Yu Manufacturing Limited |
| Taiwan | Tai Yu Products Corp | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "YU": yu-chee, yu-chu, yu-hon, Yu-Shiang Whole Fish, Yu-wei. | |
Ending with "YU": chun-yu, kuo-yu, pao-yu, tai-yu. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
yu gi oh | 27,966 | hakusho pic yu yu | 458 |
yu gi oh card | 7,885 | cheat forbidden gi memory oh yu | 457 |
yu yu hakusho | 4,742 | card gi god oh yu | 454 |
yu gi oh.com | 2,919 | yu gioh | 361 |
yu gi oh trading card | 1,361 | yu gi oh card game | 358 |
yu gi oh game | 1,142 | yu gi oh card list | 318 |
kaila yu | 1,073 | gba gi oh rom yu | 314 |
gi ho yu | 987 | gi oh pic yu | 312 |
yu gi oh rom | 856 | gi oh porn yu | 304 |
com gi oh yu | 791 | code gi oh yu | 294 |
yu gi oh picture | 715 | yu gi oh wallpaper | 289 |
hentai yu gi oh | 656 | yu gi oh trading card game | 289 |
yu | 577 | yu gi | 280 |
hakusho picture yu yu | 552 | download gi oh rom yu | 265 |
yu gi oh cards.com | 529 | yu gi oh duelist of the rose | 254 |
cheat gi oh yu | 522 | cheat duelist gi oh rose yu | 247 |
online yu gi oh game | 504 | yu gi oh card picture | 244 |
cheat duelists gi oh rose yu | 500 | hakusho image yu yu | 226 |
yu gi oh dvd | 485 | yu gi oh duelists of the rose | 222 |
yu gi oh forbidden memory | 479 | cheat game gi oh video yu | 222 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "YU"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 于 (AT, AT&T). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | yuay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "YU": yuan, yuans, yuca, yucas, yucca, yuccas, yucch, yuch, yuck, yucked, yuckier, yuckiest, yucking, yucks, yucky, yuga, yugas, yuk, yukked, yukking, yuks, yulan, yulans, yule, yules, yuletide, yuletides, yum, yummier, yummies, yummiest, yummy, yup, yupon, yupons, yuppie, yuppies, yups, yurt, yurta, yurts. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "YU": senryu, shoyu. (additional references) | |
Words containing "YU": ayurveda, ayurvedas, cayuse, cayuses, dasyure, dasyures, giddyup, guayule, guayules, hydroxyurea, hydroxyureas, layup, layups, oxyuriases, oxyuriasis, picayune, picayunes, picayunish, polyunsaturated, polyurethane, polyurethanes, polyuria, polyurias, polyuric, pyuria, pyurias, shoyus, soyuz, soyuzes, wickyup, wickyups. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "u-y" | |
+1 letter: buy, guy, you, yuk, yum, yup. | |
+2 letters: buoy, bury, busy, buys, duly, duty, fumy, fury, guys, jury, luny, puny, quay, quey, ruby, ruly, ugly, undy, upby, yaud, yaup, yeuk, your, yuan, yuca, yuch, yuck, yuga, yuks, yule, yups, yurt. | |
+3 letters: aunty, bayou, bluey, bousy, bubby, buddy, buffy, buggy, bulgy, bulky, bully, bumpy, bunny, bunya, buoys, burly, burry, busby, bushy, busty, butty, butyl, buyer, coypu, cubby, cuddy, cully, cuppy, curdy, curly, curry, curvy, cushy, cutey, cutty, dauby, duchy, ducky, duddy, dully, dumky, dummy, dumpy, dungy, dusky, dusty, fluky, fluty, fluyt, fubsy, fuggy, fully, funky, funny, furry, furzy, fussy, fusty, fuzzy, gaudy, gauzy, gluey, gouty, gulfy, gully, gulpy, gummy, gunky, gunny, guppy, gurry, gushy, gussy, gusty, gutsy, gutty, guyed, guyot, gyrus, hubby, huffy, hulky, humpy, hunky, hurly, hurry, husky, hussy, juicy, jumpy, junky, jutty, kaury, kumys, layup, loury, lousy, lucky, lumpy, lusty, mousy, mucky, muddy, muggy, muhly, muley, mummy, murky, murry, mushy, musky, mussy, musty, muzzy, nubby, nutsy, nutty, outby, plumy, pouty, poyou, pudgy, puffy, puggy, pulpy, punky, punny, punty, puppy, pursy, pushy, putty, quaky, quays, query, queys, rebuy, roupy, ruddy, rugby, rummy, runny, runty, rushy, rusty, rutty, saucy, saury, shoyu, soupy, soyuz, spumy, study, sudsy, suety, sulky, sully, sunny, surfy, surgy, surly, syrup, thuya, truly, tubby, tufty, tummy, tunny, turfy, tushy, tutty, tuyer, unary, uncoy, unify, unity, unlay, unsay, upbye, updry, usury, vuggy, wussy, yamun, yauds, yauld, yaups, yeuks, yeuky, young, yourn, yours, youse, youth, yuans, yucas, yucca, yucch, yucks, yucky, yugas, yulan, yules, yummy, yupon, yurta, yurts. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Names: Frequency 12. Names: Company Usage | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Abbreviations | 17. Acronyms 18. Derivations 19. Anagrams 20. Bibliography |
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