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臆

yì

Character

What 臆 means

1. bound formchest; breast
2. bound forminner feelings; subjective

Words starting with 臆

• 臆想yì xiǎngsubjective idea
• 臆断yì duànto assume; assumption
• 臆测yì cèto speculate; to conjecture
• 臆羚yì língchamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)
• 臆见yì jiànsubjective view
• 臆造yì zàoto concoct; to dream up
• 臆想狂yì xiǎng kuángmythomaniac
• 臆想症yì xiǎng zhèngmythomania

Words containing 臆

• 胸臆xiōng yìinner feelings; what is deep in one's heart
• 倾吐胸臆qīng tǔ xiōng yìto pour out one's heart
• 直抒胸臆zhí shū xiōng yìto speak one's mind

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.

• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage
• 脂zhīfat; rouge (cosmetics); resin
• 肌jī(bound form) flesh; muscle
• 臂bìarm
• 脊jǐ(bound form) spine; backbone; (bound form) ridge
• 膝xīknee
• 肢zhīlimb
• 胰yípancreas

Characters that look like 臆

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

• 瞧qiáoto look at; to see; to see (a doctor)
• 瞻zhānto gaze; to view
• 膳shànmeals
• 朦méngused in 朦胧
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame
• 糠kānghusk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)

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