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彝

yí

Character

What 彝 means

1. archaicwine vessel
2. archaicsacrificial vessel
3. literaryrule; convention

Other readings

彝 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• YíYi ethnic group

Words starting with 彝

• 彝族Yí zúYi ethnic group
• 彝剧Yí jùYi opera
• 彝器yí qìsacrificial vessel
• 彝族年Yí zú niánYi New Year
• 彝良县Yí liáng XiànYiliang, a county in Zhaotong City 昭通市
• 彝良Yí liángsee 彝良县

Words containing 彝

• 峨山彝族自治县É shān Yí zú Zì zhì xiànEshan Yi Autonomous County, in Yuxi City 玉溪市
• 峨边彝族自治县É biān Yí zú Zì zhì xiànEbian Yi Autonomous County, in Leshan City 乐山市
• 景东彝族自治县Jǐng dōng Yí zú Zì zhì xiànJingdong Yi Autonomous County, in Pu'er City 普洱市
• 楚雄彝族自治州Chǔ xióng Yí zú Zì zhì zhōuChuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in Yunnan Province 云南省
• 凉山彝族自治州Liáng shān Yí zú Zì zhì zhōuLiangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan Province 四川省
• 石林彝族自治县Shí lín Yí zú Zì zhì xiànShilin Yi Autonomous County, in Kunming City 昆明市
• 路南彝族自治县Lù nán Yí zú Zì zhì xiànLunan Yizu Autonomous County in Yunnan
• 马边彝族自治县Mǎ biān Yí zú Zì zhì xiànMabian Yi Autonomous County, in Leshan City 乐山市
• 威宁彝族回族苗族自治县Wēi níng Yí zú Huí zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiànWeining Yi, Hui, and Miao Autonomous County, in Bijie City 毕节市
• 宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县Níng ěr Hā ní zú Yí zú Zì zhì xiànNing'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County, in Pu'er City 普洱市
• 寻甸回族彝族自治县Xún diàn Huí zú Yí zú Zì zhì xiànXundian Hui and Yi Autonomous County, in Kunming City 昆明市
• 巍山彝族回族自治县Wēi shān Yí zú Huí zú Zì zhì xiànWeishan Yi and Hui Autonomous County, in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture 大理白族自治州
• 江城哈尼族彝族自治县Jiāng chéng Hā ní zú Yí zú Zì zhì xiànJiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County, in Pu'er City 普洱市
• 禄劝彝族苗族自治县Lù quàn Yí zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiànLuquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County, in Kunming City 昆明市
• 红河哈尼族彝族自治州Hóng hé Hā ní zú Yí zú Zì zhì zhōuHonghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in Yunnan Province 云南省
• 元江哈尼族彝族傣族自治县Yuán jiāng Hā ní zú Yí zú Dǎi zú Zì zhì xiànYuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County, in Yuxi City 玉溪市
• 新平彝族傣族自治县Xīn píng Yí zú Dǎi zú Zì zhì xiànXinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County, in Yuxi City 玉溪市
• 景谷傣族彝族自治县Jǐng gǔ Dǎi zú Yí zú Zì zhì xiànJinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County, in Pu'er City 普洱市
• 南涧彝族自治县Nán jiàn Yí zú Zì zhì xiànNanjian Yi Autonomous County, in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture 大理白族自治州
• 镇沅彝族哈尼族拉祜族自治县Zhèn yuán Yí zú Hā ní zú Lā hù zú Zì zhì xiànZhenyuan Yi, Hani and Lahu Autonomous County, in Pu'er City 普洱市
• 宁蒗彝族自治县Níng làng Yí zú Zì zhì xiànNinglang Yi Autonomous County, in Lijiang City 丽江市
• 漾濞彝族自治县Yàng bì Yí zú Zì zhì xiànYangbi Yi Autonomous County, in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture 大理白族自治州

Characters built on 米

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

• 继jìto continue; to follow after; to go on with
• 迷míto bewilder; crazy about; fan
• 粒lìgrain; granule; pellet; particle; classifier for small round objects…
• 屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
• 咪mīsound for calling a cat
• 眯míto blind (as with dust); Taiwan pr. mǐ
• 籽zǐseed (of a plant)
• 麋mímoose; river bank

Characters that look like 彝

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

• 爵juéancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility
• 擦cāto rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc)
• 癣xuǎnringworm; Taiwan pr. xiǎn
• 藓xiǎnmoss; lichen; moss on damp walls
• 藕ǒuroot of lotus
• 鬃zōngbristles; horse's mane

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
• 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
• 蛇used in 委蛇
• 贻to present; to bequeath