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countable and uncountable, plural yu
(archaeology, countable) An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover. quotations
A group of slenderer yu also survive from the Shang into the early Chou period, though they are rarer than the other design […] A yu with square body in the Hakuzuru Museum is the finest of these.
1962, William Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, page 34
(archaic, uncountable) Jade, nephrite or jadeite. quotations
The Yu, although of the hardness of rock crystal, is worked into an endless variety of forms […]
1818, Clarke Abel, Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, page 133
Another stone with which it would be interesting to compare it is the celebrated yu stone of the Chinese, which Dr. Abel, in his work on China, conjectured to be a species of nephrite […]
1826, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies
Eye dialect spelling of you. examples
plural yus
The letter Ю, ю. examples