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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

余 [yú]
  1. 1. verb remain
    除去花销，尚余千元。
    With the costs deducted, more than a thousand yuan still remains.
  2. 2. noun [零头]
    500余人
    more than five hundred people
    我导师40岁有余。
    My supervisor is over 40.
  3. 3. noun [指时间]
    课余
    extra-curricular

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

余 [yú]
  1. 1. adjective surplus; spare; remaining
    余钱
    spare money (or cash)
    收支相抵，尚余五十元。
    After paying all the expenses, there is a balance of fifty yuan.
    余人请先回吧。
    买完这些东西，还有一些余钱。
  2. 2. adjective more than; odd; over
    五十余年
    fifty odd years
    二百余公斤
    over 200 kilos
    三十余岁的年纪，正是有作为的时候。
    这本书有五百余页。
  3. 3. noun, beyond; after
    工作之余
    after working hours; after work
    学习之余他喜欢运动。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

余 [yú]
  1. 1. 代 [文] 说话人称自己,相当于"我"
    余幼好书,家贫难致。
  2. 2. 动 剩下;残留;多出来
    除去成本,还余三万多元。
    余下的事情。
    富余。
  3. 3. 名 (某事、某种情况)以外或以后的时间
    课余。
    痛心之余。
  4. 4. 名 多出来的部分
    游刃有余。
    年年有余。
  5. 5. 数 表示整数之外所剩的零头,相当于"多"
    二十余人。
  6. 6. E参见"餘"的提示。"馀"另见ｙú"馀"。
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Examples

余以三月一日返。
I returned on March the first. → 以
余教授是位儒林名士。
Professor Yu is famous among Confucian scholars. → 儒林
相声的价值在于让观众在捧腹之余能有所思。 → 捧腹

Character Decomposition

人
[rén]		 + 一
[yī]		 + 朩
[mù,pìn]

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