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怡

yí

Character

What 怡 means

1. harmony
2. pleased

Example sentences

• 怡君她妈超疼她，什么都帮她准备好。
  I-chun's mom spoils her. She prepares everything for her.
• 欣怡最近瘦好多喔，是去健身房还是失恋啊？
  Hsin-yi got so much slimmer lately. Is it gym or heartbreak?

Words starting with 怡

• 怡然自得yí rán zì déhappy and content (idiom)
• 怡然yí ránhappy; joyful
• 怡人yí réndelightful
• 怡保Yí bǎoIpoh city in Malaysia, capital of Sultanate of Perak on Malayan peninsula
• 怡悦yí yuèpleasant; happy
• 怡保市Yí bǎo shìIpoh city in Malaysia, capital of Sultanate of Perak on Malayan peninsula
• 怡颜悦色yí yán yuè sèhappy countenance

Words containing 怡

• 章子怡Zhāng Zǐ yíZhang Ziyi (1979-), PRC actress
• 心旷神怡xīn kuàng shén yílit. heart untroubled, spirit pleased (idiom); carefree and relaxed
• 健怡jiàn yídiet; low-calorie (drink etc)
• 张怡Zhāng yíZhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing
• 张怡宁Zhāng Yí níngZhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist
• 健怡可乐Jiàn yí Kě lèDiet Coke; Coca-Cola Light
• 周梁淑怡Zhōu Liáng Shū yíSelina Chow (Chow Liang Shuk-yee) (1945-), Hong Kong politician
• 百事轻怡Bǎi shì qīng yíDiet Pepsi; Pepsi Light
• 小作怡情，大作伤身xiǎo zuō yí qíng , dà zuō shāng shēnan occasional display of histrionics can add a playful element to a relationship, but…

Characters built on 台

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

• 治zhìto rule; to govern; to manage
• 始shǐto begin; to start; then
• 笞chīto whip with bamboo strips
• 贻yíto present; to bequeath
• 饴yímaltose syrup
• 诒yí(archaic) to present; to bequeath; variant of 贻
• 眙yíused in 盱眙

Characters that look like 怡

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

• 伯bófather's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle
• 怕pàto be afraid; to fear; to dread
• 恰qiàexactly; just
• 俪lì(bound form) paired; coupled; (bound form) husband and wife
• 恬tiánquiet; calm; tranquil
• 恃shì(bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother

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
• 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
• 彝(archaic) wine vessel; (archaic) sacrificial vessel; (literary) rule; convention
• 蛇used in 委蛇
• 贻to present; to bequeath