yǔ
together with
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我与你同去。
wǒ yǔ nǐ tóng qù.
I will go with you.
他与她相爱。
tā yǔ tā xiāng ài.
He and she fell in love.
这本书与那本书不同。
zhè běn shū yǔ nà běn shū bùtóng.
This book is different from that book.
和 (hé)
and
跟 (gēn)
with
无 (wú)
without
不 (bù)
not
The Chinese character 与 (yǔ) is composed of two parts: 亻(rén) and 予 (yǔ). The radical 亻(rén) indicates that the character is related to a person, while the phonetic component 予 (yǔ) provides a clue to its pronunciation. The original meaning of 与 was "to give", which can still be seen in its modern usage in phrases like 给予 (gěiyǔ, "to give") and 赠予 (zèngyǔ, "to present"). Over time, the meaning of 与 expanded to include the idea of "together with" or "in company with", as in the phrase 与你同行 (yǔ nǐ tóngxíng, "to walk together with you"). Today, 与 is commonly used as a conjunction meaning "and" or "with", as in the sentence 他与她一起去了公园 (tā yǔ tā yīqǐ qùle gōngyuán, "He went to the park with her").
