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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Yì | Yi4
English translation
surname Yi
alternative name for jiàng
> jiàng [Jiàng] capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC)
wing
area surrounding the bullseye of a target
to assist
one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
old variant of
wings, fins; shelter

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

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wings

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

羽異

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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他们 tā men 观看 guān kàn le 微型 wēi xíng de 安装 ānzhuāng 情况 qíngkuàng .

They observed how the tiny wings were fitted to the body.

海燕 Cóng 遥远 yáoyuǎn de 地方 dìfāng 振翼飞来.

The petrel came winnowing in from afar on the sea.

zhè zhǐ diǎo de wéi 1.

The bird has a 1 - metre wingspan.

因此 yīncǐ zài 效果 xiàoguǒ shǎng shì 加大 jiā dà le 脉冲 mài chōng de 陡度 dǒu dù .

Then the effect is to steepen the flanks of the pulse spectrum.

yuán 腹板 dōu yǒu 令人满意 lìng rén mǎn yì de 延伸 yánshēn ( 28% ).

Both flange and web exhibited satisfactory elongation characteristics ( i . e . 28 % ).

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
wing
小心翼翼 xiǎoxīnyìyì prudent小心翼翼 xiǎoxīnyìyì
右翼 yòu yì the right flank右翼 yòu yì
左翼 zuǒ yì left-wing (political)左翼 zuǒ yì
机翼 jī yì wing (of an aircraft)機翼
不翼而飞 bù yì ér fēi to disappear without trace不翼而飛
羽翼 yǔ yì wing羽翼 yǔ yì
尾翼 wěi yì empennage (of an aircraft)尾翼 wěi yì
鼻翼 bí yì ala nasi鼻翼 bí yì
副翼 fù yì aileron (aeronautics)副翼 fù yì
如虎添翼 rú hǔ tiān yì with redoubled power (idiom)如虎添翼 rú hǔ tiān yì
翼展 yì zhǎn wingspan翼展 yì zhǎn
翼龙 Yì lóng Dodge Nitro (abbr. for 道奇翼龍|道奇翼龙)翼龍
襟翼 jīn yì (aircraft) wing flap襟翼 jīn yì
翼手龙 yì shǒu lóng pterodactyl翼手龍
比翼双飞 bǐ yì shuāng fēi fig. two hearts beating as one比翼雙飛
水翼船 shuǐ yì chuán hydrofoil水翼船 shuǐ yì chuán
比翼 bǐ yì (flying) wing to wing比翼 bǐ yì
羽翼丰满 yǔ yì fēng mǎn fully fledged羽翼豐滿
比翼齐飞 bǐ yì qí fēi to fly wing to wing (idiom)比翼齊飛

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