Yo vs Yu - What's the difference?
yo | yu |
(slang)
(slang)
(military slang) Present]]! [[here, Here!
(African American Vernacular English) contraction of you and are
(colloquial)
(Baltimore)
An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
* 1962 , William Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes (page 34)
Nephrite or jadeite.
* 1818 , Clarke Abel, Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China , page 133:
* 1826 , The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies :
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)- Yo Paulie! How's it going?
- Yo , check this out!
- Sergeant: ''Smith? ''Private Smith: Yo !
Contraction
(head)- Yo a fool.
Pronoun
(head)- Yo sandwich only has bacon in it. Want some ketchup on that?
- Yo was tuckin' in his shirt! (
Stotko and Troyer 2007
)
Synonyms
* (greeting) hey, hi; see also * (interjection) heyEtymology 3
Noun
(head)yu
English
(wikipedia yu)Noun
- 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.
- The Yu , although of the hardness of rock crystal, is worked into an endless variety of forms
- 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