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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yì | yi4
English translation
to comment on
to discuss
to suggest
to consult, to talk over; to criticize, to discuss

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

讠义

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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zài 会议 huìyì shǎng xié zhāo yǎn kān .

He looked sideways at me in the meeting.

助手 zhùshǒu 盖恩 yòu 一些 yī xiē 票据 piào jù wǎng 会议 huìyì zhuō 上一 tān .

Once again the assistant , Gayne , began placing papers on the conference table.

shuí zài 滥用 làn yòng de 名义 míng yì ? 赞成 zànchéng 这个 zhè ge 建议 jiànyì .

Who's been taking my name in vain? I don't hold such an opinion.

采访 cǎifǎng le xiàn 规划 guīhuà 区域 qūyù 划分 huàfēn 委员会 wěi yuán huì de 早餐 zǎo cān 会议 huìyì .

He had covered a breakfast meeting of the Country planning and zoning Board.

明天 míngtiān de 会议 huìyì jiāng yóu shuí 主持 zhǔchí ?

Who will be in the chair at tomorrow's meeting?

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
建议 jiànyì to propose建議
会议 huìyì meeting會議
协议 xiéyì pact協議
不可思议 bùkěsīyì unfathomable不可思議
议员 yì yuán representative議員
提议 tíyì proposal提議
参议员 cān yì yuán senator參議員
抗议 kàngyì to protest抗議
to discuss
审议 shěn yì deliberation審議
议会 yì huì parliament議會
决议 jué yì a resolution決議
争议 zhēngyì controversy爭議
会议室 huì yì shì meeting room會議室
异议 yì yì objection異議
议论 yìlùn to comment議論
参议院 cān yì yuàn senate參議院
议题 yì tí topic議題
议案 yì àn proposal議案
动议 dòng yì motion動議
议程 yì chéng agenda議程
议长 yì zhǎng speaker議長
商议 shāng yì to negotiate商議
倡议 chàngyì to suggest倡議
评议 píng yì to appraise through discussion評議

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Decomposition

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