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议

yì

HSK 3 Character Traditional 議

What 议 means

1. to comment on
2. to discuss
3. to suggest

Example sentences

• 抗议。
  Resist.
• 他没有异议。
  Tā méiyǒu yìyì.
  He has no objections.
• 会议取消了。
  The meeting was called off.
• 会议结束了。
  The meeting ended.
• 大家去抗议！
  Everybody is protesting!
• 会议怎幺样？
  What were the meetings like?

Words starting with 议

• 议论yì lùnto comment; to talk about; to discuss
• 议员yì yuánmember (of a legislative body); representative
• 议会yì huìparliament; legislative assembly
• 议题yì títopic of discussion; topic; subject
• 议案yì ànproposal; motion
• 议论纷纷yì lùn fēn fēnto discuss spiritedly (idiom); tongues are wagging
• 议程yì chéngagenda; agenda item
• 议长yì zhǎngchairman (of a legislative assembly); speaker
• 议事yì shìto discuss official business
• 议价yì jiàto bargain; to negotiate a price
• 议事日程yì shì rì chéngagenda
• 议定书yì dìng shūprotocol; treaty
• 议和yì héto negotiate peace
• 议定yì dìngto reach an agreement; to agree upon
• 议政yì zhèngto discuss politics
• 议决yì juéto decide (in a meeting); to resolve (i.e. pass a resolution)
• 议会制yì huì zhìparliamentary system
• 议席yì xíseat in a parliament or legislative assembly
• 议院yì yuànparliament; congress; legislative assembly
• 议付yì fùnegotiation (finance)
• 议论纷错yì lùn fēn cuòsee 议论纷纷

Words containing 议

• 会议huì yìmeeting; conference
• 建议jiàn yìto propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
• 抗议kàng yìto protest; protest
• 协议xié yìagreement; pact; protocol
• 提议tí yìto propose; to suggest; proposal; suggestion
• 争议zhēng yìcontroversy; dispute; to dispute
• 不可思议bù kě sī yì(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
• 倡议chàng yìto suggest; to initiate; proposal
• 决议jué yìa resolution; to pass a resolution
• 会议室huì yì shìmeeting room; conference room
• 异议yì yìobjection; dissent
• 审议shěn yì(of a committee etc) to deliberate; to consider; to discuss
• 商议shāng yìto negotiate; discussion; proposal
• 评议píng yìto appraise through discussion
• 参议员cān yì yuánsenator
• 协议书xié yì shūcontract; protocol
• 非议fēi yìto criticize
• 面议miàn yìto bargain face-to-face; to negotiate directly
• 复议fù yìto reconsider
• 参议院cān yì yuànsenate; upper chamber (of legislative assembly)
• 倡议书chàng yì shūwritten proposal; document outlining an initiative
• 动议dòng yìmotion; proposal
• 众议员zhòng yì yuánmember of the House of Representatives
• 众议院Zhòng yì yuànlower house of bicameral assembly; House of Representatives (USA); Chamber of Deputies

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.

• 仪yíapparatus; rites; appearance
• 蚁yǐant

Characters that look like 议

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

• 认rènto recognize; to know; to admit
• 让ràngto yield; to permit; to let sb do sth
• 仅jǐnbarely; only; merely
• 仪yíapparatus; rites; appearance
• 诀juéto bid farewell; tricks of the trade; pithy mnemonic formula…
• 佤WǎWa ethnic group

Sounds the same

Read yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 意(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 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
• 异different; other; hetero-