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贻

yí

Character Traditional 貽

What 贻 means

1. to present
2. to bequeath

Words starting with 贻

• 贻害yí hàito have bad consequences
• 贻燕yí yànto leave peace for the future generations
• 贻笑yí xiàoto be ridiculous; to make a fool of oneself
• 贻误yí wùto affect adversely; to delay or hinder; to waste (an opportunity)
• 贻贝yí bèimussel
• 贻人口实yí rén kǒu shíto make oneself an object of ridicule
• 贻害无穷yí hài wú qióngto have disastrous consequences
• 贻笑大方yí xiào dà fāngto make a fool of oneself; to make oneself a laughing stock
• 贻笑方家yí xiào fāng jiāa novice making a fool of himself; to make oneself ridiculous before experts
• 贻范古今yí fàn gǔ jīnto leave an example for all generations

Words containing 贻

• 自贻伊戚zì yí yī qīto create trouble for oneself (idiom)
• 养痈贻患yǎng yōng yí huànlit. to foster an ulcer and bequeath a calamity (idiom)…

Characters built on 台

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

• 治zhìto rule; to govern; to manage
• 始shǐto begin; to start; then
• 怡yíharmony; pleased
• 笞chīto whip with bamboo strips
• 饴yímaltose syrup
• 诒yí(archaic) to present; to bequeath; variant of 贻
• 眙yíused in 盱眙

Characters that look like 贻

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

• 贴tiēto stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog)
• 胎tāifetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding)
• 钴gǔ(chemistry) cobalt (Taiwan pr. gū); used in 钴𬭁gǔ mǔ
• 殆dài(literary) dangerous; perilous; (literary) almost; well-nigh
• 劾héto impeach
• 胫jìnglower part of leg

Sounds the same

Read yí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 宜proper; should; suitable
• 姨mother's sister; aunt
• 疑(bound form) to doubt; to suspect
• 移to move; to shift; to change
• 遗(bound form) to leave behind
• 仪apparatus; rites; appearance
• 怡harmony; pleased
• 咦expression of surprise
• 夷non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out
• 颐(literary) chin; jaw; (literary) to foster; to nurture; to protect
• 彝(archaic) wine vessel; (archaic) sacrificial vessel; (literary) rule; convention
• 蛇used in 委蛇