Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 瑜伽
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
(loanword) yoga
瑜伽裤yú jiā kùyoga pants
一时瑜亮yī shí Yú Liàngtwo remarkable persons living at the same period (as 周瑜[Zhou1 Yu2] and 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4])
瑕不掩瑜xiá bù yǎn yúlit. a blemish does not obscure jade's luster; the pros outweigh the cons (idiom)
伽马gā mǎ(loanword) gamma (Greek letter Γ, γ)
伽蓝qié lánBuddhist temple (loanword from Sanskrit "samgharama")