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愈

yù
adverb #9,034

Meanings

  1. 1 the more... (the more...); increasingly
  2. 2 to heal; to recover (literary)

Examples

雨愈下愈大。
Yǔ yù xià yù dà.
The rain is getting heavier and heavier.
他的病愈来愈严重了。
Tā de bìng yùláiyùe yánzhòng le.
His illness is getting more and more serious.
伤口已经痊愈了。
Shāngkǒu yǐjīng quányù le.
The wound has fully healed.

Tips

grammar
愈...愈... is the literary equivalent of 越...越... (the more X, the more Y). 愈 sounds more formal and written; 越 is the everyday spoken form.
memory
心 (heart radical) at the bottom + 俞 on top. When your heart heals (愈), things get increasingly better.

Stroke Order

愈 yù