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咦

yí

Character

What 咦 means

1. expression of surprise

Example sentences

• 咦！？
  Yí!?
  Huh?
• 咦，押韵喔！
  Yí, yāyùn ō!
  Hey, that rhymes!

Characters built on 夷

These share the phonetic component 夷 (yí), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 姨yímother's sister; aunt
• 胰yípancreas
• 痍yíbruise; sores
• 荑tí(grass)

Characters that look like 咦

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

• 值zhívalue; (to be) worth; to happen to
• 唉āiinterjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh
• 哺bǔto feed
• 唔wúoh (expression of agreement or surprise); (Cantonese) not
• 哆duōused in 哆嗦
• 俟qíused in 万俟

Sounds the same

Read yí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 宜proper; should; suitable
• 姨mother's sister; aunt
• 疑(bound form) to doubt; to suspect
• 移to move; to shift; to change
• 遗(bound form) to leave behind
• 仪apparatus; rites; appearance
• 怡harmony; pleased
• 夷non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out
• 颐(literary) chin; jaw; (literary) to foster; to nurture; to protect
• 彝(archaic) wine vessel; (archaic) sacrificial vessel; (literary) rule; convention
• 蛇used in 委蛇
• 贻to present; to bequeath