遇 (yù) — (bound form) to meet; to encounter; (bound form) to treat; to receive; (bound form) opportunity; chance
Definition
遇 (yù) is a bound morpheme almost never used alone — it appears inside compounds like 遇见 (meet), 待遇 (treatment), 机会 (opportunity). The split 遇…到 marks 'to run into', like English 'encounter'.
bound form
to meetto encounterto treatto receiveopportunitychance
Examples
- 。Wǒ zài jiē shàng yù dào yí wèi lǎo péng you.I ran into an old friend on the street.
- 。Zhè jiā gōng sī de yuán gōng dài yù hěn hǎo.The employees at this company receive good treatment.
- 。Zhè cì lǚ xíng shì yí cì nán dé de jī yù.This trip is a rare opportunity.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuò
Sound part声符shēngfú
禺
禺yú遇yù
Same sound today
遇 combines 辶, a walking-related part, with 禺, which gives the sound. The 辶 part shows that the meaning involves walking or moving.
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