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忆 yì

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忆 yì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yì | yi4
English translation
to recollect
to remember
memory
to remember, to reflect upon; memory

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About 忆 yì

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

憶 yì

Contains the radical

忄 xīn

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

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Etymology of 忆 yì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰忄乙

Semantic compound

忄 xīn

Phonetic compound

乙 yǐ

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 xīn represents the meaning and 乙 yǐ represents the sound. Simplified form of 憶 yì .

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Example sentences using 忆 yì

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他 tā 企图 qǐtú 把 bǎ 这些 zhè xiē 梦 mèng 重新 chóngxīn 回忆 huíyì 出来 chū lái .

He tried to reconstruct his dreams.

那些 nà xiē 破碎 pò suì 旳记忆 jìyì , 拾 shè 起 qǐ , 丢弃 diū qì .

These stave remembered that, picks up, discarding.

你 nǐ 该 gāi 努力 nǔlì 抹 mā 除 chú 那次事故 shìgù 的 de 记忆 jìyì .

You should try to sponge out the memory of the accident.

她 tā 回忆 huíyì 起 qǐ 许久 xǔ jiǔ 以前 yǐqián 和 hé 他 tā 的 de 谈话 tán huà

She recalled her talk with him aeons ago.

这个 zhè ge 故事 gùshì 已 yǐ 深 shēn 植 zhí 在 zài 他 tā 记忆 jìyì 中 Zhōng .

This story had lodged in his memory.

Words with 忆 yì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
记忆 jìyì to remember記憶
回忆 huíyì to recall回憶
忆 yì memory憶 yì
记忆力 jì yì lì faculty of memory記憶力
回忆录 huí yì lù memoir回憶錄
记忆犹新 jì yì yóu xīn to remain fresh in one's memory (idiom)記憶猶新
追忆 zhuī yì to recollect追憶
林忆莲 Lín Yì lián Sandy Lam (1966-), Hong Kong pop singer林憶蓮
忆苦思甜 yì kǔ sī tián to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)憶苦思甜
忆述 yì shù to talk (or write) about one's recollections of past events憶述
忆苦饭 yì kǔ fàn fig. poor-tasting meal憶苦飯
快速记忆法 kuài sù jì yì fǎ mnemotechnic method快速記憶法
记忆化 jì yì huà memoization (computing)記憶化

忆 yì Decomposition & Compounds

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忆 yì Decomposition

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