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逸

yì

Character

What 逸 means

1. bound formto flee; to escape
2. bound form(of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages) (variant of {佚|yì})
3. bound formleisurely; relaxed
4. bound formto surpass the ordinary; outstanding
5. bound formreclusive

Example sentences

• 她一劳永逸地告诉我，她不想再见我了。
  Tā yīláoyǒngyì de gàosu wǒ, tā bù xiǎng zàijiàn wǒ le.
  She told me once and for all that she did not want to see me again.
• 我从来不认为安逸和享乐是人生本来的目的。
  Wǒ cóngláibù rènwéi ānyì hé xiǎnglè shì rénshēng běnlái de mùdì.
  I never consider ease and joyfulness as the purpose of life itself.

Words starting with 逸

• 逸事yì shìanecdote; lost or apocryphal story about famous person
• 逸尘yì chénoutstanding; above the common; out of the ordinary
• 逸散yì sàn(of gas, liquid, toxins, heat etc) to escape; to dissipate
• 逸乐yì lèpleasure-seeking
• 逸民yì mínrecluse; hermit
• 逸群yì qúnabove the common; outstanding; excelling
• 逸致yì zhìcarefree mood
• 逸荡yì dàngdissolute
• 逸话yì huàrumor; anecdote (not in the official record); apocryphal story
• 逸豫yì yùidleness and pleasure
• 逸宕yì dàngdissolute
• 逸尘断鞅yì chén duàn yānglit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness; fig. to ride like the wind (idiom)
• 逸闻yì wénvariant of 轶闻

Words containing 逸

• 飘逸piāo yìgraceful; elegant; to drift
• 安逸ān yìeasy and comfortable; easy
• 逃逸táo yìto escape; to run away; to abscond
• 一劳永逸yī láo yǒng yìto get sth done once and for all
• 劳逸结合láo yì jié héto strike a balance between work and rest (idiom)
• 劳逸láo yìwork and rest
• 散逸sàn yìto disperse and escape; to dissipate
• 淫逸yín yìto indulge in; dissipation; debauchery
• 清逸qīng yìfresh and elegant
• 闲逸xián yìcomfort and leisure
• 隐逸yǐn yìto live in seclusion; reclusive; hermit
• 孙逸仙Sūn Yì xiānDr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of…
• 散逸层sàn yì céngexosphere
• 以逸待劳yǐ yì dài láoto wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy; to nurture one's strength and bide one's…
• 好逸恶劳hào yì wù láoto love ease and comfort and hate work (idiom)
• 逃逸速度táo yì sù dùescape velocity
• 闲情逸致xián qíng yì zhìleisurely and carefree mood
• 骄奢淫逸jiāo shē yín yìextravagant and dissipated; decadent
• 肇事逃逸zhào shì táo yìhit-and-run
• 邵逸夫Shào Yì fūRun Run Shaw (1907-2014), Hong Kong movie and television tycoon
• 恬逸tián yìfree from worry and disturbance

Characters that look like 逸

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

• 途túway; route; road
• 透tòu(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly…
• 逮dài(literary) to reach; used in 逮捕
• 旎nǐused in 旖旎
• 痍yíbruise; sores
• 逵kuícrossroads; thoroughfare

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