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Yo vs Yu - What's the difference?

yo | yu |

Yu is a alternative form of yo.



As nouns the difference between yo and yu

is that yo is abbreviation of {{term||year/years old} while yu is {{cx|archaeology|countable|lang=en}} An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.

As an interjection yo

is A greeting similar to hi.

As a contraction yo

is contraction of you and are.

As a pronoun yo

is form of your|lang=en.

As an abbreviation YO

is years old.

yo

English

(wikipedia yo)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) yo, io, . More at yea.

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (slang)
  • Yo Paulie! How's it going?
  • (slang)
  • Yo , check this out!
  • (military slang) Present]]! [[here, Here!
  • Sergeant: ''Smith? ''Private Smith: Yo !

    Etymology 2

    From (term, you're), (your), etc.

    Contraction

    (head)
  • (African American Vernacular English) contraction of you and are
  • Yo a fool.

    Pronoun

    (head)
  • (colloquial)
  • Yo sandwich only has bacon in it. Want some ketchup on that?
  • (Baltimore)
  • Yo was tuckin' in his shirt! ( Stotko and Troyer 2007)
    Synonyms
    * (greeting) hey, hi; see also * (interjection) hey

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (head)
  • yu

    English

    (wikipedia yu)

    Noun

  • An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
  • * 1962 , William Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes (page 34)
  • A group of slenderer yu''''' also survive from the Shang into the early Chou period, though they are rarer than the other design A '''''yu with square body in the Hakuzuru Museum is the finest of these.
  • Nephrite or jadeite.
  • * 1818 , Clarke Abel, Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China , page 133:
  • The Yu , although of the hardness of rock crystal, is worked into an endless variety of forms
  • * 1826 , The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies :
  • Another stone with which it would be interesting to compare it is the celebrated yu stone of the Chinese, which Dr. Abel, in his work on China, conjectured to be a species of nephrite
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