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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yí | yi2
English translation
to lose
to leave behind
to omit
to bequeath
sth lost
involuntary discharge (of urine etc)
to lose; a lost article

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

To leave  chuò something valuable  guì behind

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

辶贵

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and guì represents the sound.

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维修 wéixiū 之后 zhī hòu ,主要 zhǔyào 遗骸 yí hái shèng 馀物 liú zài le 领地 lǐng dì shǎng .

After maintenance the main remains and are left on the domain.

老人 lǎo rén de 遗嘱 yí zhǔ bèi 窜改 cuàn gǎi .

The old man's will has been tampered with.

āi ! duō 遗憾 yíhàn ya !

Oh! That's a pity!

突然 tūrán bèi tàn zhào dēng 照中 ér 暴露无遗 bào lù wú yí .

He was suddenly caught in the full beam of a searchlight.

gāi 遗址 yí zhǐ 位于 wèiyú Dōng 辽河 Liáo Hé 沿岸 yán àn ,面积 miànjī 2万余平方米 píng fāng mǐ .

The site, distributed over 2000 m 2, is situated by the Dong Liao River.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
遗憾 yíhàn regret遺憾
遗产 yíchǎn heritage遺產
遗传 yíchuán heredity遺傳
遗忘 yí wàng to forget遺忘
遗嘱 yí zhǔ will遺囑
遗体 yí tǐ remains (of a dead person)遺體
遗址 yí zhǐ ruins遺址
遗漏 yí lòu to overlook遺漏
遗弃 yí qì to leave遺棄
遗失 yíshī to lose遺失
遗留 yíliú to leave behind遺留
to lose
遗书 yí shū testament遺書
遗言 yí yán words of the deceased遺言
后遗症 hòu yí zhèng (medicine) sequelae後遺症
遗迹 yí jì trace遺跡
遗物 yí wù remnant遺物
不遗余力 bù yí yú lì to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost不遺餘力
遗孀 yí shuāng widow遺孀
遗愿 yí yuàn final wishes of the departed遺願
遗传学 yí chuán xué genetics遺傳學
遗骸 yí hái (dead) human remains遺骸
无遗 wú yí fully無遺
遗传性 yí chuán xìng hereditary遺傳性
遗骨 yí gǔ (dead) human remains遺骨

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Decomposition

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