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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yì | yi4
English translation
also
also, too; likewise

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

tóu

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

A man standing with arrows pointing to his armpits

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

tóu

Explanation

Pictograph of a person, with two dots at the armpits. Based on the original meaning "armpit", now written as . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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硅烷偶联剂用于 yòng yú 许多 xǔduō 通用 tōngyòng de 砂子 shā zi 环氧 xíng 复合材料 fù hé cái liào Zhōng .

Silane coupling agents are also used in many commercial sand - epoxy - type composites.

甚至 shènzhì 总统 zǒngtǒng 否认 fǒurèn zhǒng 谣传 yáo chuán .

Even the President helped out in this particular deception.

硅橡胶 guī xiàng jiāo 熟石膏 shú shí gāo zuò 铸模取得 qǔ dé 成功 Chénggōng .

Silicone rubber and plaster of Paris have been used successfully.

上述 shàng shù 浆膜 jiāng mó 表面 biǎomiàn de 粘连 nián lián Fēi 少见 shǎo jiàn .

Adhesions involving the aforementioned serous surfaces are not uncommon.

甚至 shènzhì 我们 wǒmen 防御战 de 战绩 zhàn jì 充满 chōngmǎn zhāo 悲惨 bēicǎn de 失败 shībài .

Even our defensive record was tragically draped in defeats.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
also
不亦乐乎 bù yì lè hū awfully不亦樂乎
反之亦然 fǎn zhī yì rán vice versa反之亦然 fǎn zhī yì rán
亦步亦趋 yì bù yì qū to imitate slavishly亦步亦趨
人云亦云 rén yún yì yún to say what everyone says (idiom)人云亦云 rén yún yì yún
亦即 yì jí namely亦即 yì jí
亦且 yì qiě in addition亦且 yì qiě

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Compounds

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