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腋

yè

Character

What 腋 means

1. bound formarmpit; axilla; axil

Example sentences

• 他把一个包裹挟在腋下。
  Tā bǎ yī gè bāoguǒ jiā zài yèxià.
  He held a package under his arm.
• 汤姆把手臂勾进约翰的腋下，把他翻了过去。
  Tom hooked his arm under John's shoulder and flipped him over.

Words starting with 腋

• 腋下yè xiàunderarm; armpit
• 腋窝yè wōarmpit
• 腋毛yè máoarmpit hair
• 腋生yè shēngaxillary (botany); budding in the angle between branch and stem
• 腋臭yè chòubody odor; bromhidrosis; armpit odor
• 腋芽yè yáaxillary bud; bud growing from axil of plant

Words containing 腋

• 肘腋zhǒu yèlit. armpit; elbow and armpit; fig. right up close (to a disaster)
• 变生肘腋biàn shēng zhǒu yèlit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep…
• 集腋成裘jí yè chéng qiúmany hairs make a fur coat (idiom); many small contributions add up to sth big…

Characters built on 月

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

• 胳gēarmpit
• 腭èpalate; roof of the mouth
• 膈gé(anatomy) diaphragm

Characters that look like 腋

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

• 腕wànwrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
• 缠chánto wind around; to wrap round; to coil
• 睐làito glance; to look askance at
• 暇xiáleisure
• 腴yúfat on belly; fertile; rich
• 棣dìKerria japonica

Sounds the same

Read yè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 页page; leaf
• 夜night
• 业line of business; industry; occupation
• 叶leaf; page; lobe
• 液(bound form) a liquid; also pr. yì
• 烨blaze of fire; glorious
• 谒to visit (a superior)
• 曳to drag; to pull; Taiwan pr. yì
• 掖to support by the arm; to help; to promote
• 晔bright light; to sparkle
• 咽to choke (in crying)
• 靥dimple