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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yì | yi4
English translation
friendship
also pr. [yí]
friendship; appropriate, suitable

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

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Fitting  speech  yán also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

讠宜

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bīng 情雪 yùn Zhōng tóng xiǎng 冰城瑰丽 guī lì zhī dōng , 和谐 héxié 世界 shìjiè gòng shū 深情厚谊 shēnqínghòuyì zhī 情怀 qíng huái .

Enjoy beauty of winter of ice city, enjoy friendship of harmonious world.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
友谊 yǒuyì companionship友誼
联谊会 lián yì huì club聯誼會
情谊 qíng yì friendship情誼
联谊 lián yì friendship聯誼
友谊赛 yǒu yì sài friendly match友誼賽
交谊舞 jiāo yì wǔ social dance交誼舞
friendship
深情厚谊 shēnqínghòuyì deep friendship深情厚誼
交谊 jiāo yì association交誼
贾谊 Jiǎ Yì Jia Yi (200-168 BC), Chinese poet and statesman of the Western Han Dynasty賈誼
友谊商店 Yǒu yì Shāng diàn Friendship Store, PRC state-run store originally intended for foreigners, diplomats etc, specializing in selling imported Western goods and quality Chinese crafts友誼商店
厚谊 hòu yì generous friendship厚誼
友谊县 Yǒu yì xiàn Youyi county in Shuangyashan 雙鴨山|双鸭山 Shuāng yā shān [Shuāng​yā​shān], Heilongjiang友誼縣
隆情厚谊 lóng qíng hòu yì profound love, generous friendship (idiom)隆情厚誼
戚谊 qī yì relation戚誼
睦谊 mù yì cordiality睦誼

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