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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yí | yi2
English translation
to move
to shift
to change
to alter
to remove
to shift, to move about, to drift

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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Positional decomposition

禾多

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and duō represents the sound. Alludes to grain moving while it is blown by the wind.

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拉曼 pín 效应 xiào yìng 使 shǐ 飞秒 fēi miǎo 脉冲 mài chōng Xiàng Hòu 沿 yán 非线性 fēi xiàn xìng 漂移 piāo yí .

The pulse was drift backwards nonlinear by the self - frequency shift effect.

击晕一位敌人 dírén , ràng 他易受到 shòudào 公正 gōngzhèng zhī chuí de 伤害 shānghài bìng 移动 yídòng huò 攻击 gōngjī ,持续 chíxù 6 miǎo .

Righteous and unable to move or attack for 6 sec.

Sān - 提升 tí shēng 12% de 移动 yídòng 速度 sùdù ,0碰撞 pèng zhuàng 尺寸 chǐ cun , 持续 chíxù 20 miǎo .

Level 3 - 12 % Increased movement speed. Zero collision. Lasts 20 seconds.

移居 yí jū zuì duō de 区域 qūyù 之一 zhī yī 便是 biàn shì 山谷 shān gǔ zhī xiàn .

One area that picked up traction was Valley County.

- 提升 tí shēng 4% de 移动 yídòng 速度 sùdù ,0碰撞 pèng zhuàng 尺寸 chǐ cun , 持续 chíxù 10 miǎo .

Level 1 - 4 % Increased movement speed. Zero collision. Lasts 10 seconds.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
移动 yídòng to move移動
转移 zhuǎnyí to shift轉移
to move
移民 yímín to immigrate移民 yímín
移植 yí zhí to transplant移植 yí zhí
移交 yí jiāo to transfer移交 yí jiāo
迁移 qiān yí to migrate遷移
移民局 yí mín jú immigration office移民局 yí mín jú
坚定不移 jiān dìng bù yí unswerving堅定不移
推移 tuī yí (of time) to elapse or pass推移 tuī yí
漂移 piāo yí to drift漂移 piāo yí
位移 wèi yí displacement (vector)位移 wèi yí
移居 yí jū to migrate移居 yí jū
移位 yí wèi to shift移位 yí wèi
潜移默化 qiányímòhuà imperceptible influence潛移默化
移栽 yí zāi to transplant (horticulture, agriculture)移栽 yí zāi
偏移 piān yí displacement偏移 piān yí
移开 yí kāi to move away移開
平移 píng yí translation (geometry)平移 píng yí
移送 yí sòng to transfer (a case, a person, files etc)移送 yí sòng
愚公移山 yú gōng yí shān the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way愚公移山 yú gōng yí shān
移除 yí chú to remove移除 yí chú
移动性 yí dòng xìng mobility移動性
飘移 piāo yí to drift飄移
游移 yóu yí to wander游移 yóu yí

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