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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yì | yi4
English translation
lizard

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chóng

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

worm

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

虫易

Semantic compound

chóng

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chóng represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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但是 dànshì , zài 脊椎 jǐ zhuī 动物 dòngwù Zhōng , 神秘莫 de 大自然 dà zì rán zhǐ 选择 xuǎnzé le shé ( zhǒng 蜥蜴 xī yì ).

But, of the vertebrates, unpredictable Nature selected only snakes ( and one lizard ).

他们 tā men xiàng 蜥蜴 xī yì 一样 yīyàng 逃进 le 石缝

They fled like lizards into crannies in the rocks.

shé 其实 qíshí 不是 bú shi shé 而是 ér shì 无脚 de 蜥蜴 xī yì

The slow-worm is in fact not a snake but a legless lizard.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
蜥蜴 xī yì lizard蜥蜴 xī yì
lizard

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