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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yí | yi2
English translation
to hand down, to give to, to bequeath

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

bèi

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

money

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

貝台

Semantic compound

bèi

Phonetic compound

Tái

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Bèi represents the meaning and Tái represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
贻笑大方 yí xiào dà fāng to make a fool of oneself貽笑大方
贻贝 yí bèi mussel貽貝
贻误 yí wù to affect adversely貽誤
to present
贻害 yí hài to have bad consequences貽害
贻害无穷 yí hài wú qióng to have disastrous consequences貽害無窮
贻笑 yí xiào to be ridiculous貽笑
贻人口实 yí rén kǒu shí to make oneself an object of ridicule貽人口實
养痈贻患 yǎng yōng yí huàn to cherish a viper in one's bosom養癰貽患
自贻伊戚 zì yí yī qī to create trouble for oneself (idiom)自貽伊戚

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