多余

多餘

duōyú

adjective HSK 7-9 #5,736

Meanings

1 surplus
2 superfluous
3 unnecessary
4 redundant

Characters

surplus; remaining

Examples

HSK 2

你这句话说得有点多余。

Nǐ zhè jù huà shuō de yǒudiǎn duōyú.

What you said was a bit redundant.

HSK 5

把多余的东西都扔掉吧。

Bǎ duōyú de dōngxi dōu rēngdiào ba.

Throw away all the unnecessary stuff.

Tips

usage

多余 can describe physical excess (extra items) or abstract redundancy (unnecessary words or actions). When applied to a person's actions, it implies they were pointless.

Stroke Order

多 duō

余 yú