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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yǐ | yi3
English translation
according to, for, with; to use

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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Positional decomposition

Explanation

Origin unclear. The right component is rén (person).

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
可以 kěyǐ can可以 kěyǐ
to use
所以 suǒyǐ therefore所以 suǒyǐ
以为 yǐwéi to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)以為
以前 yǐqián before以前 yǐqián
以后 yǐ hòu after以後
以及 yǐjí too以及 yǐjí
以上 yǐ shàng that level or higher以上 yǐ shàng
以来 yǐlái since (a previous event)以來
以下 yǐ xià that level or lower以下 yǐ xià
难以 nán yǐ hard to (predict, imagine etc)難以
以外 yǐ wài apart from以外 yǐ wài
之所以 zhī suǒ yǐ the reason why之所以 zhī suǒ yǐ
以色列 Yǐ sè liè Israel以色列 Yǐ sè liè
以往 yǐwǎng in the past以往 yǐwǎng
难以置信 nán yǐ zhì xìn hard to believe難以置信
予以 yǔ yǐ to give予以 yǔ yǐ
足以 zúyǐ so that足以 zúyǐ
加以 jiā yǐ in addition加以 jiā yǐ
得以 dé yǐ able to得以 dé yǐ
以便 yǐbiàn so that以便 yǐbiàn
以此 yǐ cǐ with this以此 yǐ cǐ
以内 yǐ nèi within以內
以免 yǐmiǎn so as not to以免 yǐmiǎn
有史以来 yǒu shǐ yǐ lái since the beginning of history有史以來

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