负于 (fù yú) — to lose to, to be defeated by

Definition

verb

to lose toto be defeated by

Easily confused

，负于。
Zài zuó tiān de bǐ sài zhōng, wǒ men duì fù yú le duì shǒu.
In yesterday's game, our team lost to the opponent.
负于。
Gāi gōng sī zài shì chǎng jìng zhēng zhōng fù yú le lìng yì jiā zhī míng qǐ yè.
The company lost to another well-known enterprise in market competition.
，负于。
Suī rán nǔ lì le, dàn tā zuì zhōng hái shì fù yú le shí lì gèng qiáng de xuǎn shǒu.
Although he tried hard, he ultimately lost to the stronger player.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

负 lose and 于 to combine as lose to.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 負; 负 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 負 combines 人 (person) and 貝 (cowry), with 人 written as ⺈; the simplified 负 is a later abbreviation.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The old shape of 于 may have pictured an ancient wind instrument. Another explanation reads 一 as a flat stream of air and 丂 as an exhaling mark.