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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yì | yi4
English translation
different
other
hetero-
unusual
strange
surprising
to distinguish
to separate
to discriminate
different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

gǒng

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

Simplified form of ; a person  gòng  with a scary face Tián

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

巳廾

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. gǒng represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of . Pictograph of a person with an unusual head.

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经常 jīngcháng mèng dào Bié de 地方 dìfāng de 奇观 qí guān Jǐng .

She often dreamed about the wonders of the world beyond.

chūn huí 大地 dà dì , 万物 wàn wù 复苏 fù sū shì 令人 lìng rén 异常 yìcháng 喜悦 xǐyuè de Duàn 时光 shíguāng .

The return of spring, and the revivification of nature, is a period hailed with uncommon delight.

zài 创造力 chuàng zào lì 方面 fāngmiàn , le 异乎寻常 yì hū xún cháng de fēn .

She got an unusually low score for creativity.

六亚甲基 jiǎ jī 二异氰酸 zhǐ ( HMDI ) yòng zài 聚物 Zhōng 代替 dàitì 甲苯 jiǎ běn 二异氰酸酯TDI.

Hexamethylene diisocyanate ( HMDI ) may be used in prepolymer, in place of TDI.

Dōng 天山 Tiān shān 尾亚岩体: tóng yuán 还是 háishi 异源? -- 来自 láizì 黑云母 de 证据 zhèngjù .

Weiya complex, eastern Tianshan: Single - sourced or diverse - sourced ? -- Evidence from biotite.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
异常 yìcháng exceptional異常
差异 chā yì difference差異
other
怪异 guài yì monstrous怪異
诡异 guǐ yì strange詭異
异性 yì xìng the opposite sex異性
异议 yì yì objection異議
变异 biàn yì variation變異
奇异 qí yì fantastic奇異
优异 yōuyì exceptional優異
异教徒 yì jiào tú heathen異教徒
异地 yì dì abroad異地
特异性 tè yì xìng specific特異性
异国 yì guó exotic異國
诧异 chàyì flabbergasted詫異
异样 yì yàng difference異樣
无异 wú yì nothing other than無異
惊异 jīng yì amazed驚異
各异 gè yì all different各異
特异 tè yì excellent特異
异物 yì wù rarity異物
异化 yì huà alienation (philosophy)異化
离异 lí yì to divorce離異
异想天开 yì xiǎng tiān kāi to imagine the wildest thing異想天開
异乡 yì xiāng foreign land異鄉

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Decomposition

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