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Usage of the character 虞

[虞]
  • surname Yu
[虞]
  • (literary) to expect; to anticipate
  • (literary) to be concerned about; to be apprehensive
  • (literary) to deceive; to dupe
Shàngyú
上虞
[上虞]
  • Shangyu, county-level city in Shaoxing 紹興/绍兴 ( Shàoxīng), Zhejiang
wúyú
无虞
[無虞]
  • not to be worried about
  • all taken care of
Yú Xǐ
虞喜
[虞喜]
  • Yu Xi, Chinese astronomer (c. 270-345), known for discovering the earth's precession
kānyú
堪虞
[堪虞]
  • worrisome
  • precarious
  • to be at risk
Yú Shùn
虞舜
[虞舜]
  • Yu Shun, one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝 (wǔdì)
zōuyú
驺虞
[騶虞]
  • zouyu (mythical animal)
  • official in charge of park animals
  • name of an archaic ceremonial tune
bùyú
不虞
[不虞]
  • unexpected
  • eventuality
  • contingency
  • not worry about
Yúchéng
虞城
[虞城]
  • Yucheng county in Shangqiu 商丘 ( Shāngqiū), Henan
Yú Shìnán
虞世南
[虞世南]
  • Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家 ( Tángchū Sì Dàjiā)
Yú Yìnglóng
虞应龙
[虞應龍]
  • Yu Yinglong, Yuan dynasty scholar, collaborated on the geographical encyclopedia Dayuan Dayi Tongzhi 大元大一統誌/大元大一统志
Shàngyúshì
上虞市
[上虞市]
  • Shangyu, county-level city in Shaoxing 紹興/绍兴 ( Shàoxīng), Zhejiang
Yúchéngxiàn
虞城县
[虞城縣]
  • Yucheng county in Shangqiu 商丘 ( Shāngqiū), Henan
yīshíwúyú
衣食无虞
[衣食無虞]
  • not having to worry about food and clothes (idiom)
  • provided with the basic necessities
bùyú-kuìfá
不虞匮乏
[不虞匱乏]
  • (idiom) to have ample supplies (or money etc)
ānquánwúyú
安全无虞
[安全無虞]
  • safe and secure
wúyú-kuìfá
无虞匮乏
[無虞匱乏]
  • see 不虞匱乏/不虞匮乏 (buyu-kuifà)
ěryúwǒzhà
尔虞我诈
[爾虞我詐]
  • lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom)
  • fig. each tries to outwit the other
  • deceit and treachery