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蚁

yǐ

HSK 6 Character Traditional 蟻

What 蚁 means

1. ant

Example sentences

• 白蚁吃木头。
  Báiyǐ chī mùtou.
  Termites eat wood.
• 蚂蚁出现了。
  Ants appeared.
• 看看这些蚂蚁。
  Look at all those ants.
• 有只蚂蚁咬我。
  An ant bit me.
• 蚂蚁和长颈鹿是远亲。
  Mǎyǐ hé chángjǐnglù shì yuǎnqīn.
  Ants and giraffes are distant cousins.
• 有一排蚂蚁在厨房里进进出出。
  Yǒu yīpái mǎyǐ zài chúfáng lǐ jìn jìnchū chū.
  There's a row of ants coming in and out of the kitchen.

Words starting with 蚁

• 蚁丘yǐ qiūanthill
• 蚁后yǐ hòuqueen ant
• 蚁巢yǐ cháoant nest
• 蚁族yǐ zú"ant tribe", college graduates who endure cramped living conditions while trying to…
• 蚁穴yǐ xuéant nest
• 蚁窝yǐ wōant nest
• 蚁酸yǐ suānformic acid
• 蚁斗蜗争yǐ dòu wō zhēnglit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling
• 蚁醛yǐ quánformaldehyde (HCHO)
• 蚁䴕yǐ liè(bird species of China) Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

Words containing 蚁

• 蚂蚁mǎ yǐant
• 热锅上的蚂蚁rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ(like) a cat on a hot tin roof; anxious; agitated
• 兵蚁bīng yǐsoldier ant; dinergate
• 工蚁gōng yǐworker ant
• 白蚁bái yǐtermite; white ant
• 红火蚁hóng huǒ yǐfire ant (Solenopsis invicta), an introduced species in China
• 食蚁兽shí yǐ shòuant-eater (several different species)
• 蚂蚁包mǎ yǐ bāoant bite (swollen, itchy bump); anthill; ant mound; (metonym) ant nest
• 蚂蚁窝mǎ yǐ wōant nest
• 蚂蚁腰mǎ yǐ yāo(colloquial) tiny waist
• 蚂蚁上树mǎ yǐ shàng shù"ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉丝…
• 蚂蚁金服Mǎ yǐ Jīn fúAnt Financial Services Group, an affiliate company of Alibaba 阿里巴巴
• 蚕蚁cán yǐnewly hatched silkworm
• 蝼蚁lóu yǐlit. mole cricket and ants; fig. tiny individuals with no power
• 如蚁附膻rú yǐ fù shānlike ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful…
• 千里之堤，溃于蚁穴qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué(lit.) an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)…
• 千里之堤，毁于蚁穴qiān lǐ zhī dī , huǐ yú yǐ xuésee 千里之堤，千里之堤，溃于蚁穴

Characters built on 义

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

• 议yìto comment on; to discuss; to suggest
• 仪yíapparatus; rites; appearance

Characters that look like 蚁

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

• 秩zhì(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 枢shū(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
• 蚊wénmosquito
• 枉wǎngto twist; crooked; unjust
• 衄nǜto bleed from the nose (or from the ears, gums etc); fig. to be defeated
• 蚝háooyster

Sounds the same

Read yǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 以to use; by means of; according to
• 已already; to stop; then
• 椅chair
• 乙second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; second in order…
• 矣classical final particle, similar to modern 了
• 倚to lean on; to rely upon
• 尾horse's tail; pointed posterior section of a locust etc
• 苡used in 芣苡; see 薏苡
• 旖used in 旖旎
• 螘ant; variant of 蚁
• 钇yttrium (chemistry)
• 扆screen