淤

yū · yu

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. silt
  2. river sludge
  3. to silt up
  4. choked with silt
  5. variant of 瘀 (yū)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

暴(bào)雨(yǔ)过(guò)后(hòu),河(hé)道(dào)被(bèi)泥(ní)沙(shā)淤(yū)住(zhù)了(le)。

After the heavy rain, the river channel was silted up with mud and sand.

02

这(zhè)片(piàn)湖(hú)底(dǐ)积(jī)了(le)厚(hòu)厚(hòu)的(de)淤(yū)泥(ní)。

A thick layer of silt has accumulated at the bottom of this lake.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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