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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yì | yi4
English translation
skill
art
art; talent, ability; craft

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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grass

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹乙

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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diāo shì 仿 fǎng de 艺术 yìshù (模刻真实 zhēnshí 生活 shēnghuó Zhōng de rén děng ).

Sculpture is an imitative art, ie it copies people, things, etc from real life.

zài zuò mèng de 时候 shíhou dōu jiàn dào 这样 zhè yàng 丑恶 chǒuè de 玩艺 wán yì .

Never in my dreams did I imagine any hole could be so disgusting.

nèi huà shì 鼻烟壶 bí yān hú de 一种 yī zhǒng .内画技艺 jì yì 起源 qǐyuán 北京 Běijīng .

The art of decorating snuff bottles from the inside originated in Beijing.

cháo xiù shì 生产 shēngchǎn 广东 Guǎng dōng 潮州 Cháo zhōu 地区 dìqū de 工艺品 gōngyìpǐn .

Chaozhou embroidery is a craftwork produced in Chaozhou , Guangdong Province.

分析 fēnxī le Yìn Tiě 涂料 tú liào hōng Fáng de gōng 特点 tèdiǎn 工艺 gōng yì 特点 tèdiǎn .

Analyze the thermal and technologic features of iron printing dryer.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
艺术 yìshù art藝術
艺术家 yì shù jiā artist藝術家
skill
工艺 gōng yì arts and crafts工藝
文艺 wényì literature and art文藝
艺人 yì rén actor藝人
艺术品 yì shù pǐn art piece藝術品
手艺 shǒuyì craftmanship手藝
演艺 yǎn yì performing arts演藝
技艺 jì yì skill技藝
园艺 yuán yì gardening園藝
玩艺 wán yì toy玩藝
张艺谋 Zhāng Yì móu Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director張藝謀
工艺品 gōngyìpǐn handiwork工藝品
文艺复兴 Wén yì fù xīng the Renaissance文藝復興
武艺 wǔ yì martial art武藝
多才多艺 duō cái duō yì multi-talented多才多藝
艺术节 yì shù jié arts festival藝術節
演艺圈 yǎn yì quān show business演藝圈
才艺 cái yì talent才藝
艺名 yì míng stage name (of an actor or actress)藝名
演艺界 yǎn yì jiè show business演藝界
艺妓 yì jì 艺伎 yì jì [yì​jì]藝妓
陶艺 táo yì ceramic art陶藝

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