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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Yì | Yi4
English translation
surname Yi
abbr. for 易經
>易经 Yì jīng [Yì jīng], the Book of Changes
easy
amiable
to change
to exchange
to change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

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Positional decomposition

日勿

Explanation

Upside-down version of (increase; benefit), which depicts food or drink filling up a container ( mǐn ). Originally was the same character as , but the meaning later shifted to "easy".

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教起 Shū lái xiàng 鸭子 yā zi 下水 xià shuǐ bān de 轻而易举 qīng ér yì jǔ .

She's taken to teaching like a duck to water.

蚀刻 shí kè 出来 chū lái de 金属 jīnshǔ zhà shì hěn 脆弱 cuìruò de ,容易 róngyì 变形 biàn xíng zhòu shé huò 撕裂 sī liè .

The etched metal - film grids are very fragile and easy to distort, wrinkle or tear.

dòng 房子 fáng zi zài 5 Nián nèi shǒu le 3.

That house has changed hands three times in five years.

shuí dōu 知道 zhīdào 破坏 pòhuài 容易 róngyì 建设 jiànshè nán .

It is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct.

shì 不是 bú shi 那个 nà ge 容易 róngyì 冲动 chōngdòng yòu hǎo 走极端 de 姑娘 gūniang 一切 yīqiè dōu 告诉 gàosu le xiá ?

Had the impulsive and desperate girl spoken out to Letitia to the fullest?

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
容易 róngyì easy容易 róngyì
交易 jiāoyì business deal交易 jiāoyì
easy
贸易 màoyì (commercial) trade貿易
轻易 qīngyì easily輕易
好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì
交易所 jiāo yì suǒ exchange交易所 jiāo yì suǒ
路易斯 Lù yì sī Louis or Lewis (name)路易斯 Lù yì sī
显而易见 xiǎn ér yì jiàn clearly顯而易見
路易 Lù yì Louis or Lewis (name)路易 Lù yì
交易日 jiāo yì rì working day (in banking, share trading)交易日 jiāo yì rì
轻而易举 qīng ér yì jǔ easy輕而易舉
简易 jiǎn yì simplistic簡易
国际贸易 guó jì mào yì international trade國際貿易
网易 Wǎng yì NetEase網易
上海证券交易所 Shàng hǎi Zhèng quàn Jiāo yì suǒ Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)上海證券交易所
交易会 jiāo yì huì trade fair交易會
易于 yì yú very likely易于 yì yú
圣路易斯 Shèng lù yì sī St Louis, large city in eastern Missouri聖路易斯
交易员 jiāo yì yuán dealer交易員
易如反掌 yì rú fǎn zhǎng no effort at all易如反掌 yì rú fǎn zhǎng
证券交易所 zhèng quàn jiāo yì suǒ stock exchange證券交易所
世界贸易组织 Shì jiè Mào yì Zǔ zhī World Trade Organization (WTO)世界貿易組織
深圳证券交易所 Shēn zhèn Zhèng quàn Jiāo yì suǒ Shenzhen Stock Exchange, abbr. to 深交所[Shēn​Jiāo​suǒ]深圳證券交易所

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