哟 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yō, yo

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 约 represents the sound. Simplified form of 喲.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu

mouth

约 Sound component

yuē, yāo

agreement

Evolution

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

yō

ah, final particle; Oh! (interjection indicating slight surprise)

(sentence-final particle expressing exhortation); (syllable filler in a song)

Most common words with 哟

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 10.6199% of movies

1795th most common character in movies

2524th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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