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诣

yì

Character Traditional 詣

What 诣 means

1. to go (to visit a superior)
2. one's current attainment in learning or art

Example sentences

• 虽然在钢琴上她的造诣不是很深，但是她勤而好学。
  Suīrán zài gāngqín shàng tā de zàoyì bù shì hěn shēn, dànshì tā qín ér hàoxué.
  Her repertoire on the piano is not very large, but she has learned every piece by heart.

Words starting with 诣

• 诣门yì ménto visit sb
• 诣阙yì què(old) to go to the palace to see the emperor; (old) to go to the capital
• 诣谒yì yèto pay a visit to

Words containing 诣

• 造诣zào yìlevel of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge); (archaic) to pay a visit to sb
• 渊诣yuān yìdeep and profound meaning
• 绝诣jué yìprofoundly well-versed
• 躬诣gōng yìto call (at sb's home) personally
• 苦心孤诣kǔ xīn gū yìto make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble; to work hard at sth

Characters built on 旨

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

• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 脂zhīfat; rouge (cosmetics); resin
• 酯zhǐester
• 稽jī(bound form) to examine; to check (against records); (literary) to delay; to linger…
• 鮨qísushi; grouper (Portuguese: garoupa); Epinephelus septemfasciatus

Characters that look like 诣

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

• 该gāishould; ought to; probably
• 语yǔdialect; language; speech
• 诲huìto teach; to instruct; to induce
• 诶xīsigh (to express regret)
• 诏zhào(literary) to admonish; (bound form) imperial edict
• 诮qiàoridicule; to blame

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