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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yì | yi4
English translation
forced labor
corvée
obligatory task
military service
to use as servant
to enserf
servant (old)
war
campaign
battle
servant, laborer; service; to serve

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chì

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

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A person walking over chì with food in hand shū

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

彳殳

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yòng quǎn Néng 帮助 bāngzhù 农工 nóng gōng 驱赶 qū gǎn 牲畜 shēngchù dào 他们 tā men 需要 xūyào 它们 tā men de 方向 fāngxiàng .

Working dogs help ranchers drive animals where they want them to go.

Cóng 海军 hǎi jūn 退役 tuì yì 回家 huí jiā Hòu , 染上 rǎn shàng le 当时 dāngshí de 流行病 liú xíng bìng ,只顾 zhǐ gù 纠缠 jiū chán 波士顿 Bō shì dùn de 护士 hùshi le .

He retired from the navy, ran afoul of an epidemic of trained nurses in Boston.

Guò le 1小时 xiǎoshí 3 Zhōng ,仆役 pú yì 回来 huí lai le .

In about an hour and three - quarters the boy returned.

zài 敦刻尔克 Dūn kè ěr kè 之役可歌可泣 kě gē kě qì de 历史 lìshǐ Zhōng , jiāng 年复一年 nián fù yī nián de 傲然 aò rán 前进 qián jìn .

She'll go sailing proudly down the years in the epic of Dunkirk.

国民 guó mín 警卫队预备役 de 征兵 zhēng bīng 工作 gōngzuò 8 yuè 下旬 xià xún 开始 kāishǐ

The call-up of National Guard and reserve units begun in late August.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
战役 zhànyì military campaign戰役
退役 tuì yì to demobilize退役 tuì yì
服役 fú yì to serve in the army服役 fú yì
corvée
奴役 nú yì to enslave奴役 nú yì
现役 xiàn yì (military) active duty現役
兵役 bīng yì military service兵役 bīng yì
拘役 jū yì detention拘役 jū yì
劳役 láo yì forced labor勞役
仆役 pú yì servant僕役
衙役 yá yì bailiff of feudal yamen衙役 yá yì
杂役 zá yì odd jobs雜役
差役 chāi yì bailiff of feudal yamen差役 chāi yì
苦役 kǔ yì corvée苦役 kǔ yì
淮海战役 Huái hǎi Zhàn yì Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war淮海戰役
徭役 yáo yì corvee徭役 yáo yì
毕其功于一役 bì qí gōng yú yī yì to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)畢其功於一役
辽沈战役 Liáo shěn Zhàn yì Liaoshen Campaign (Sep-Nov 1948), the first of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War遼瀋戰役
役使 yì shǐ to make use of for labor役使 yì shǐ
使役 shǐ yì working (animal)使役 shǐ yì
平津战役 Píng jīn Zhàn yì Pingjin Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War平津戰役
夫役 fū yì corvee夫役 fū yì

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