多余

多餘

duōyú

adjective HSK 7 #5,736

Meanings

1 surplus
2 superfluous
3 unnecessary
4 redundant

Characters

surplus; remaining

Examples

把多余的东西都扔掉吧。

Bǎ duōyú de dōngxi dōu rēngdiào ba.

Throw away all the unnecessary stuff.

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.

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