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溢

yì

Character

What 溢 means

1. to overflow
2. literaryexcessive
3. old variant of {镒|yì}

Example sentences

• 他才华横溢。
  He’s overflowing.
• 所有的牛奶都溢出去了。
  Suǒyǒu de niúnǎi dōu yìchū qù le.
  All of the milk was spilled.
• 汤姆看起来没有玛丽那幺才华横溢。
  Tom doesn't seem to be as talented as Mary seems to be.

Words starting with 溢

• 溢出yì chūto overflow; to spill over; (computing) overflow
• 溢于言表yì yú yán biǎoto exhibit one's feelings in one's speech
• 溢价yì jiàpremium; to charge or pay a premium
• 溢满yì mǎnoverflowing
• 溢流孔yì liú kǒngbleed hole; overflow pipe; spill vent
• 溢缴款yì jiǎo kuǎncredit card overpayment
• 溢出效应yì chū xiào yìngspillover effect
• 溢美之词yì měi zhī cíflattering words; inflated praise

Words containing 溢

• 洋溢yáng yìbrimming with; steeped in
• 热情洋溢rè qíng yáng yìbrimming with enthusiasm (idiom); full of warmth
• 才华横溢cái huá héng yìbrimming over with talent (esp. literary); brilliant
• 充溢chōng yìto overflow (with riches); replete
• 脑溢血nǎo yì xuècerebral hemorrhage; stroke
• 流光溢彩liú guāng yì cǎi(idiom) brilliant lights and vibrant colors
• 外溢wài yì(of liquid) to spill out; to overflow; (of gas) to leak out; (fig.) to spill over…
• 横溢héng yìto overflow; brimming with
• 涌溢yǒng yìto well up; to spill out (of water from a spring)
• 满溢mǎn yìto be full to overflowing; to be brimming over with
• 漫溢màn yìto overflow; to be brimming over
• 四溢sì yì(of a perfume or a foul odor) permeating the whole place…

Characters built on 益

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

• 镒yìancient unit of weight equal to 20 or 24 liang 两
• 谥shì(bound form) posthumous name or title; (literary) to confer a posthumous name or title
• 缢yì(literary) to die by hanging or strangulation

Characters that look like 溢

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

• 滋zīto grow; to nourish; to increase
• 摄shè(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images)…
• 滥lànoverflowing; excessive; indiscriminate
• 漏lòuto leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake
• 蔽bìto cover; to shield; to screen
• 崴wǎito sprain (one's ankle); see 崴子

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