右
yòu
(bound form) right; right-hand side
(bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
hand gesture + mouth (口) = right-hand side
The upper stroke suggests a right hand, and 口 below evokes speech — the right hand is the one you raise to speak or swear. Together they conventionally mark the right side.
请向右转，邮局就在那边。
qǐng xiàng yòu zhuǎn, yóujú jiù zài nà biān。
Please turn right; the post office is right over there.
他的政治立场偏右，和我不太一样。
tā de zhèngzhì lìchǎng piān yòu, hé wǒ bù tài yīyàng。
His political stance leans to the right, which is quite different from mine.
Words with 右
右方
yòu fāng
right-hand side
左右为难
zuǒ yòu wéi nán
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place
左支右绌
zuǒ zhī yòu chù
to be in straitened circumstances
极右翼
jí yòu yì
extreme right (politics)
右翼
yòu yì
the right flank
邻右
lín yòu
neighbor
阿拉善右旗
ā lā shàn yòu qí
Alxa Right Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Baruun khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)
顾左右而言他
gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā
(idiom) to digress from the topic of discussion
不为左右袒
bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn
to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
向右拐
xiàng yòu guǎi
to turn right
反右
fǎn yòu
anti-rightist
反右派斗争
fǎn yòu pài dòu zhēng
Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957