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饴

yí

Character Traditional 飴

What 饴 means

1. maltose syrup

Words starting with 饴

• 饴糖yí tángmalt sugar; maltose

Words containing 饴

• 糖饴táng yímalt sugar; maltose
• 含饴弄孙hán yí nòng sūnlit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom)…
• 甘之如饴gān zhī rú yílit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly…

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
• 贻yíto present; to bequeath
• 诒yí(archaic) to present; to bequeath; variant of 贻
• 眙yíused in 盱眙

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