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夷

yí

Character

What 夷 means

1. non-Han people, esp. to the East of China
2. barbarians
3. to wipe out
4. to exterminate
5. to tear down
6. to raze

Example sentences

• 我想去夏威夷。
  I'd like to go to Hawaii.
• 我希望去夏威夷。
  I wish to go to Hawaii.
• 我想要去夏威夷。
  I want to go to Hawaii.
• 我明年要去夏威夷。
  I am going to Hawaii next year.
• 他去过夏威夷几次。
  He has been to Hawaii several times.
• 有去过夏威夷的人吗？
  Yǒu qù guo Xiàwēiyí de rén ma?
  Has anybody here been to Hawaii?

Words starting with 夷

• 夷为平地yí wéi píng dìto level; to raze to the ground
• 夷平yí píngto level; to raze to the ground
• 夷旷yí kuàngexpansive; level and broad; broad-minded
• 夷洲Yí zhōuname of an ancient barbarian country, possibly Taiwan
• 夷灭yí mièto massacre; to die out
• 夷然yí ráncalm
• 夷狄yí dínon-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China; barbarians
• 夷犹yí yóuto hesitate
• 夷门Yí ménthe Yi gate of 大梁, capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states
• 夷陵区Yí líng QūYiling, a district of Yichang City 宜昌市
• 夷戮yí lùto massacre
• 夷陵Yí língsee 夷陵区

Words containing 夷

• 夏威夷Xià wēi yíHawaii, US state
• 鄙夷bǐ yíto despise; to look down on; to feel contempt for
• 匪夷所思fěi yí suǒ sīunimaginable; outrageous; freakish
• 武夷山Wǔ yí shānMt Wuyi in Fujian; Wuyishan National Nature Reserve; see 武夷山市
• 凌夷líng yíto deteriorate; to decline; to slump
• 东夷Dōng yíEastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC
• 色夷sè yísmiling genially; to beam
• 蛮夷mán yícommon term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory; barbarian
• 逆夷nì yíinvaders (insulting term); foreign aggressors
• 陵夷líng yíto deteriorate; to decline; to slump
• 烧夷弹shāo yí dànincendiary bomb
• 以夷制夷yǐ yí zhì yíto use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among…
• 化险为夷huà xiǎn wéi yíto turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
• 夏威夷岛Xià wēi yí DǎoHawaiʻi, largest island of the Hawaiian archipelago
• 夏威夷果Xià wēi yí guǒmacadamia nut
• 履险如夷lǚ xiǎn rú yílit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)…
• 武夷山市Wǔ yí shān ShìWuyishan, a county-level city in Nanping City 南平市
• 夏威夷群岛Xià wēi yí Qún dǎoHawaiian Islands
• 虾夷Xiā yíEmishi or Ebisu, ethnic group of ancient Japan, thought to be related to modern Ainus
• 虾夷葱xiā yí cōngchive
• 襟怀夷旷jīn huái yí kuàngbroad-minded
• 攘夷rǎng yíto repel the barbarians
• 三夷教sān yí jiàothe three foreign religions that had been introduced to China by the time of the Tang…
• 师夷长技以制夷shī yí cháng jì yǐ zhì yí"learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan…

Characters built on 弓

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

• 弥mífull; to fill; completely
• 弛chíto unstring a bow; to slacken; to relax
• 弼bìto assist
• 弭mǐto stop; repress

Characters that look like 夷

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

• 岛dǎoisland
• 角jiǎoangle; corner; horn
• 夹jiāto press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich
• 呈chéngto present to a superior; memorial; petition
• 囱cōng(bound form) chimney
• 奂huànexcellent

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
• 咦expression of surprise
• 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