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揖

yī

Character

What 揖 means

1. to greet by raising clasped hands

Words containing 揖

• 作揖zuò yīto bow with hands held in front
• 张揖Zhāng YīZhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚让
• 长揖cháng yīto bow deeply, starting upright with arms straight out in front, one hand cupped in the…
• 打拱作揖dǎ gǒng zuò yīto bow respectfully with clasped hands; to beg humbly
• 打躬作揖dǎ gōng zuò yīto bow respectfully with clasped hands; to beg humbly
• 罗圈儿揖luó quān r yīto bow around with hands joined (to people on all sides)
• 开门揖盗kāi mén yī dàoleaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a…

Characters built on 咠

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

• 辑jíto gather up; to collect; to edit
• 缉jīto seize; to arrest; Taiwan pr. qì
• 葺qìto repair
• 楫jíoar (archaic)
• 戢jíto restrain oneself; to collect; to hoard

Sounds the same

Read yī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 一one; single; a (article)
• 医medical; medicine; doctor
• 衣clothes; Kangxi radical 145
• 依to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to
• 伊(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she")…
• 壹one (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 漪ripple
• 噫yeah (interjection of approval); to belch
• 咿(onomatopoeia) to squeak
• 铱iridium (chemistry)
• 瑿a black stone like jade; jet
• 祎excellent; precious; rare