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遗

yí

HSK 5 Character Traditional 遺

What 遗 means

1. bound formto leave behind

Example sentences

• 多遗憾啊！
  What a pity!
• 令人遗憾。
  Regrettable.
• 他更改了遗嘱。
  He changed his will.
• 很遗憾你不能来。
  It's a pity that you couldn't come.
• 很遗憾，下雨了。
  Unfortunately, it rained.
• 我觉得太遗憾了。
  I have a lot of regrets.

Words starting with 遗

• 遗憾yí hànregret; to regret; to be sorry that
• 遗产yí chǎnheritage; legacy; inheritance
• 遗传yí chuánheredity; to inherit (a trait); to pass on (to one's offspring)
• 遗留yí liúto leave behind; to hand down
• 遗失yí shīto lose; to leave behind (inadvertently)
• 遗忘yí wàngto forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore
• 遗址yí zhǐruins; historic relics
• 遗体yí tǐremains (of a dead person)
• 遗迹yí jìtrace; vestige; historical remains
• 遗弃yí qìto leave; to abandon
• 遗嘱yí zhǔtestament; will
• 遗书yí shūposthumous writing; testament; suicide note
• 遗物yí wùpersonal effects (of the deceased); artifacts; relics; (biological) remains
• 遗漏yí lòuto overlook; to miss; to omit
• 遗像yí xiàngportrait of the deceased
• 遗言yí yánwords of the deceased; last words of the dying; wisdom of past sages
• 遗传学yí chuán xuégenetics
• 遗存yí cúnhistorical remains; things that have survived since ancient times…
• 遗风yí fēngtradition or style from the past; old ways; surviving tradition
• 遗孀yí shuāng(formal) widow
• 遗愿yí yuànfinal wishes of the departed
• 遗落yí luòto leave behind (inadvertently); to forget; to omit
• 遗孤yí gūorphan
• 遗老yí lǎoelderly loyalist of a former dynasty; former official who remains loyal after a dynastic…

Words containing 遗

• 后遗症hòu yí zhèng(medicine) sequelae; residual effects; (fig.) repercussions
• 不遗余力bù yí yú lìto spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
• 无遗wú yícompletely; fully; without omission
• 暴露无遗bào lù wú yíto lay bare; to come to light
• 一览无遗yī lǎn wú yíbe plainly visible
• 排遗pái yí(biology) to egest; egesta (feces, scat etc)
• 派遗pài yíto send (sb) on a mission; to dispatch
• 申遗shēn yíto apply for UNESCO World Heritage status
• 留遗liú yíto leave behind; sb's legacy
• 补遗bǔ yíaddendum
• 非遗fēi yíintangible cultural heritage (abbr. for 非物质文化遗产
• 光遗传学guāng yí chuán xuéoptogenetics
• 文化遗产wén huà yí chǎncultural heritage
• 历史遗产lì shǐ yí chǎnheritage; historical legacy
• 破坏无遗pò huài wú yídamaged beyond repair
• 表露无遗biǎo lù wú yíto show in full light; to be revealed in its entirety
• 详尽无遗xiáng jìn wú yíexhaustive; thorough
• 分子遗传学fēn zǐ yí chuán xuémolecular genetics
• 小学而大遗xiǎo xué ér dà yíto concentrate on trivial points while neglecting the main problem (idiom)
• 表观遗传学biǎo guān yí chuán xuéepigenetics
• 世界文化遗产Shì jiè Wén huà Yí chǎn(UNESCO) World Cultural Heritage
• 非遗传多型性fēi yí chuán duō xíng xìngpolyphenism
• 河姆渡遗址Hé mǔ dù yí zhǐHemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo 长江 in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC
• 半坡遗址Bàn pō yí zhǐBanpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安

Characters that look like 遗

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

• 遣qiǎn(bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
• 逮dài(literary) to reach; used in 逮捕
• 溃kuì(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike…
• 逸yì(bound form) to flee; to escape; (bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)…
• 渍zìto soak; to be stained; stain
• 逵kuícrossroads; thoroughfare

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
• 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
• 贻to present; to bequeath