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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yì | yi4
English translation
descendants
frontier
progeny, descendants

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

bright

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

衣冏

Semantic compound

jiǒng

Phonetic compound

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亚裔 Yà yì 英国人 Yīng guó rén 发起 fā qǐ le 一项呼吁 hūyù 消除 xiāochú 种族歧视 zhǒng zú qí shì de 运动 yùndòng

British Asians have begun a campaign calling for an end to discrimination.

差异 chā yì 在于 zàiyú 你们 nǐ men shì 英国 Yīng guó 血统 xuè tǒng ér 我们 wǒmen shì 拉丁 lā dīng de

The difference is, you are Anglo-Saxons, we are Latins.

告诉 gàosu 我们 wǒmen shì mǒu 苏格兰 Sū gé lán 勋爵 xūn jué de 后裔 hòu yì

She told us she was descended from some Scottish Lord.

阿米医生 yīshēng de 助手 zhùshǒu shì 一位年轻 niánqīng de 亚裔 Yà yì 护士 hùshi

Dr Amid was assisted by a young Asian nurse.

一家人 yī jiā rén 试图 shìtú 融入 róng rù 白人 bái rén 西班牙 Xī bān yá 社区 shèqū

His family tried to assimilate into the white and Hispanic communities.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
frontier
后裔 hòu yì descendant後裔
华裔 Huáyì ethnic Chinese華裔
亚裔 Yà yì of Asian descent亞裔
族裔 zú yì ethnic group族裔 zú yì
苗裔 miáo yì offspring苗裔 miáo yì
日裔 Rì yì of Japanese descent日裔 Rì yì
支与流裔 zhī yǔ liú yì related支與流裔

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