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异

yì

HSK 6 Character Traditional 異

What 异 means

1. different
2. other
3. hetero-
4. unusual
5. strange
6. surprising
7. to distinguish
8. to separate
9. to discriminate

Example sentences

• 差异惊人。
  The difference is striking.
• 他没有异议。
  Tā méiyǒu yìyì.
  He has no objections.
• 天气异常寒冷。
  Tiānqì yìcháng hánlěng.
  The weather is unusually cold.
• 观点因人而异。
  Guāndiǎn yīnrén'éryì.
  Opinions vary from person to person.
• 我的电脑好诡异。
  Wǒ de diànnǎo hǎo guǐyì.
  My computer is behaving strangely.
• 病毒开始变异了。
  The virus is starting to mutate.

Words starting with 异

• 异常yì chángunusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally
• 异性yì xìngthe opposite sex; of the opposite sex; heterosexual
• 异议yì yìobjection; dissent
• 异样yì yàngdifference; peculiar
• 异国yì guóexotic; foreign
• 异乡yì xiāngforeign land; a place far from home
• 异地yì dìdifferent place; abroad
• 异口同声yì kǒu tóng shēngdifferent mouths, same voice; to speak in unison (idiom)
• 异国他乡yì guó tā xiāngforeign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate
• 异域yì yùforeign country; alien land
• 异味yì wèiunpleasant odor
• 异化yì huàalienation (philosophy); (of speech) dissimilation
• 异想天开yì xiǎng tiān kāi(idiom) to imagine the wildest thing; to indulge in fantasy
• 异端yì duānheresy
• 异曲同工yì qǔ tóng gōngdifferent tunes played with equal skill (idiom); different methods leading to the same…
• 异同yì tóngcomparison; differences and similarities
• 异族yì zúdifferent tribe
• 异乎寻常yì hū xún chángunusual; extraordinary
• 异教徒yì jiào túmember of another religion; heathen; pagan
• 异见yì jiàndissident; dissenting; dissent
• 异己yì jǐdissident; alien; outsider
• 异物yì wùrarity; rare delicacy; foreign matter
• 异母yì mǔ(of siblings) having the same father but different mothers
• 异彩yì cǎiextraordinary splendor

Words containing 异

• 诧异chà yìflabbergasted; astonished
• 优异yōu yìexceptional; outstandingly good
• 日新月异rì xīn yuè yìdaily renewal, monthly change (idiom); every day sees new developments; rapid progress
• 差异chā yìdifference; discrepancy
• 怪异guài yìmonstrous; strange; strange phenomenon
• 奇异qí yìfantastic; bizarre; odd
• 惊异jīng yìamazed
• 诡异guǐ yìstrange; weird
• 各异gè yìall different; each unto his own
• 变异biàn yìvariation
• 无异wú yìnothing other than; to differ in no way from; the same as
• 讶异yà yìto be surprised; to be astonished
• 离异lí yìto divorce
• 大同小异dà tóng xiǎo yìvirtually the same; differing only on small points
• 迥异jiǒng yìtotally different
• 因人而异yīn rén ér yìvarying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual
• 灵异líng yìdeity; monster; strange
• 特异功能tè yì gōng néngsupernatural power; extrasensory perception
• 特异tè yìexceptionally good; excellent; clearly outstanding
• 标新立异biāo xīn lì yìto make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom)
• 差异性chā yì xìngdifference
• 奇装异服qí zhuāng yì fúbizarre dress
• 互异hù yìdiffering from one another; mutually different
• 分异fēn yìdistinction; differentiation

Characters built on 巳

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

• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
• 祀sìto sacrifice; to offer libation to
• 汜sìstream which returns after branching
• 圯yíbridge, bank

Characters that look like 异

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

• 并bìngand; furthermore; also
• 再zàiagain; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more
• 弃qìto abandon; to relinquish; to discard
• 弄nòngto do; to manage; to handle
• 舟zhōuboat
• 乒pīng(onomatopoeia) ping; bing

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
• 亦also
• 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