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颐

yí

Character Traditional 頤

What 颐 means

1. literarychin; jaw
2. literaryto foster; to nurture; to protect

Words starting with 颐

• 颐和园Yí hé yuánSummer Palace in Beijing
• 颐指气使yí zhǐ qì shǐlit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture…
• 颐指yí zhǐto order with the chin; to indicate what one wants by facial gesture
• 颐养yí yǎngto nourish; to nurture; to strengthen
• 颐性养寿yí xìng yǎng shòuto take care of one's spirit and keep fit (idiom)
• 颐指风使yí zhǐ fēng shǐlit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture…
• 颐养天年yí yǎng tiān niánlit. to nurture one's years (idiom); fig. to enjoy one's later years

Words containing 颐

• 夥颐huǒ yí(literary) very many; wow! (an exclamation of surprise and admiration)
• 朵颐duǒ yí(literary) to munch
• 程颐Chéng YíCheng Yi (1033-1107), Song neo-Confucian scholar
• 解颐jiě yíto smile; to laugh
• 周敦颐Zhōu Dūn yíZhou Dunyi (1017-1073), Song dynasty neo-Confucian scholar
• 大快朵颐dà kuài duǒ yí(idiom) to eat with great relish; to feast on (sth)
• 伙颐huǒ yívariant of 夥颐

Characters that look like 颐

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

• 锁suǒto lock; to lock up; a lock
• 稍shāosomewhat; a little
• 颗kēclassifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
• 锯jùa saw; to saw
• 颊jiácheeks
• 颓tuíto crumble; to collapse; to decline

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
• 彝(archaic) wine vessel; (archaic) sacrificial vessel; (literary) rule; convention
• 蛇used in 委蛇
• 贻to present; to bequeath