喻
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Pronunciation
Peng'im: ru6
POJ: jǔ
Variety: chaozhou
POJ: jǔ
Variety: chaozhou
Pronunciation note: Realised [dz] ~ [z] ~ [l] depending on speaker and register; many younger speakers merge it with /l/. The cited sources corroborate [dz], relaxing to [z] for younger/overseas speakers; neither attests the further merger to /l/.
Meanings and usage
verb: to inform; to explain, to understand, to liken; to use as a metaphor
喻, 比喻
喻, 比喻
The character has two separate Wiktionary etymologies/pronunciations (yù vs yú) with different senses, and the page does not explicitly tie the Teochew ru6 reading to one of them beyond the phonetic table, so the sense selection (the yù verb reading) is an inference.