Chinese symbol for “especially”
尤其
yóu qí
especially; particularly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for especially is 尤其 (yóu qí), defined as: especially; particularly.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “especially”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 格外 | gé wài | especially; particularly; even more than usual; extra; additional |
| 尤为 (尤為) | yóu wéi | especially |
| 特 | tè | special; unique |
| 尤指 | yóu zhǐ | especially; particularly |
| 特别 (特別) | tè bié | unusual; special; very; especially; particularly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 尤其.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尤为 (尤為) | yóu wéi | especially |
| 尤物 | yóu wù | rarity; rare object |
| 怨天尤人 | yuàn tiān yóu rén | (idiom) to blame the gods and accuse others |
| 效尤 | xiào yóu | to follow a bad example |
| 尤指 | yóu zhǐ | especially; particularly |
| 其他 | qí tā | other; (sth or sb) else |
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among; in |
| 其实 (其實) | qí shí | actually; in fact; really |
See also: Japanese symbol for “especially”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.