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亦

yì

HSK 6 Character

What 亦 means

1. also

Example sentences

• 盗亦有道。
  Dào yì yǒudào.
  There is honor even among thieves.
• 有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？
  Yǒu péng zì yuǎnfāng lái, bùyìlèhū?
  When a friend comes from afar, is that not delightful?
• 此服务亦包含于综合订阅方案中，使用者可依个人或家庭方案选择适合的价格与内容。
  The service is also part of a comprehensive subscription plan, allowing users to choose the pricing and features that best fit individual and family needs.
• 我很荣幸能来到开罗这座不朽的城市，并受到两所著名学府的招待。千载以来，艾资哈尔大学一直担任着伊斯兰教育的指路明灯；百年以来，开罗大学亦一直是埃及全国的发展泉源。
  Wǒ hěn róngxìng néng láidào Kāiluó zhè zuò bù xiǔ de chéngshì, bìng shòudào liǎng suǒ zhùmíng xuéfǔ de zhāodài. qiān zài yǐlái, ài zī hā ěr dàxué yīzhí dānrèn zhe Yīsīlánjiào yù de zhǐlù míng dēng; bǎinián yǐlái, Kāiluó Dàxué yì yīzhí shì āijí quánguó de fāzhǎn quányuán.
  I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement.
• 我很荣幸能来到开罗这座不朽的城市，并受到两所着名学府的招待。千载以来，艾资哈尔大学一直担任着伊斯兰教育的指路明灯；百年以来，开罗大学亦一直是埃及全国的发展泉源。
  I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement.
• 1939 年 7 月 29 日，根据白俄罗斯苏维埃社会主义共和国最高苏维埃的决议，白俄罗斯首都明斯克的英文名「Miensk」改名为「Minsk」，白俄罗斯文名亦然。
  On July 29, 1939, by a resolution of the Supreme Council of the BSSR, the capital of Belarus, Miensk, was renamed Minsk, even in the Belarusian version.

Words starting with 亦

• 亦即yì jínamely; that is
• 亦步亦趋yì bù yì qūto blindly follow suit (idiom); to imitate slavishly; to do what everyone else is doing
• 亦作yì zuòalso written as
• 亦或yì huòor
• 亦称yì chēngalso known as; alternative name; to also be called
• 亦庄Yì zhuāngYizhuang town in Beijing municipality
• 亦敌亦友yì dí yì yǒu(idiom) to be both friend and foe to each other; to have a friendly rivalry
• 亦且yì qiěvariant of 抑且

Words containing 亦

• 不亦乐乎bù yì lè hūlit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius); fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully
• 人云亦云rén yún yì yúnto say what everyone says (idiom); to conform to what one perceives to be the majority…
• 不亦bù yì(literary) isn't it truly …?; how … it is!
• 反之亦然fǎn zhī yì ránvice versa
• 水能载舟，亦能覆舟shuǐ néng zài zhōu , yì néng fù zhōulit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb)…

Characters that look like 亦

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 乔qiáotall
• 秀xiù(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent…
• 赤chìred; scarlet; bare
• 吞tūnto swallow; to take
• 卵luǎnegg; ovum; spawn; (colloquial) testicles; (old) penis
• 夯hāngto ram; to tamp; a rammer; a tamper; excellent; exceptionally good

Sounds the same

Read yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 意(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 议to comment on; to discuss; to suggest
• 易easy; amiable; to change
• 亿100 million
• 艺skill; art
• 译to translate; to interpret
• 忆to recollect; to remember; memory
• 谊friendship; also pr. yí
• 义justice; righteousness; meaning
• 益benefit; profit; advantage
• 裔(bound form) descendants; (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 华裔; (literary) distant lands
• 异different; other; hetero-