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翼

yì

HSK 6 Character

What 翼 means

1. wing
2. area surrounding the bullseye of a target
3. to assist
4. one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
5. old variant of 翌

Other readings

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

• Yìsurname Yi; alternative name for {绛|Jiàng}, the capital of the Jin State during the Spring

Example sentences

• 她小心翼翼地走。
  She walked very carefully.
• 她乘着光之翼飞走了。
  She flew away on wings of light.
• 飞机失去了一部分机翼。
  Fēijī shīqù le yībùfen jīyì.
  The plane lost part of its wing.
• 警察小心翼翼地抬起箱子。
  Jǐngchá xiǎoxīnyìyì de táiqǐ xiāngzi.
  The policeman lifted the box carefully.
• 老人小心翼翼地过了马路。
  The old man walked across the road carefully.
• 我妈妈小心翼翼地打开门。
  My mother opened the door very carefully.

Words starting with 翼

• 翼侧yì cèflank (military)
• 翼展yì zhǎnwingspan
• 翼翼yì yì(literary) cautious; careful
• 翼膜yì mópatagium
• 翼装yì zhuāngwingsuit
• 翼龙yì lóngpterosaur
• 翼城县Yì chéng XiànYicheng, a county in Linfen City 临汾市
• 翼子板yì zi bǎn(mainland) fender (automotive)
• 翼手龙yì shǒu lóngpterodactyl
• 翼瓣yì bàn(botany) alae; wing petals (of a papilionaceous flower)
• 翼城Yì chéngsee 翼城县

Words containing 翼

• 小心翼翼xiǎo xīn yì yì(idiom) cautious; careful; prudent
• 右翼yòu yìthe right flank; (politically) right-wing
• 左翼zuǒ yìleft-wing (political)
• 不翼而飞bù yì ér fēito disappear without trace; to vanish all of a sudden; to spread fast
• 羽翼yǔ yìwing; (fig.) assistant
• 机翼jī yìwing (of an aircraft)
• 鼻翼bí yìthe wing of the nose; ala nasi
• 副翼fù yìaileron (aeronautics)
• 尾翼wěi yìempennage (of an aircraft); fletching (of an arrow); fins (of a missile, rocket etc)…
• 旋翼xuán yìrotor wing
• 比翼bǐ yì(flying) wing to wing
• 护翼hù yìto provide protection; to take under one's wing; wings of a sanitary pad
• 太阳翼tài yáng yìsolar panel
• 张天翼Zhāng Tiān yìZhang Tianyi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of…
• 极右翼jí yòu yìextreme right (politics)
• 水翼船shuǐ yì chuánhydrofoil
• 单翼飞机dān yì fēi jīmonoplane
• 垂直尾翼chuí zhí wěi yì(aviation) tailfin; vertical stabilizer
• 如虎添翼rú hǔ tiān yìlit. like a tiger that has grown wings; with redoubled power (idiom)
• 比翼双飞bǐ yì shuāng fēilit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom); fig. two hearts beating as one…
• 比翼齐飞bǐ yì qí fēito fly wing to wing (idiom); two hearts beating as one; (of a couple) inseparable
• 水平尾翼shuǐ píng wěi yì(aviation) tailplane; horizontal stabilizer
• 无齿翼龙Wú chǐ yì lóngPteranodon (genus of pterosaur)
• 双翼飞机shuāng yì fēi jībiplane

Characters that look like 翼

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

• 瞿qústartled; Taiwan pr. jù
• 篱lía fence
• 襄xiāng(literary) to assist
• 冀jì(literary) to hope for
• 篝gōubamboo frame for drying clothes; bamboo cage
• 寰huánlarge domain; extensive region

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