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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yǐ | yi3
English translation
to rely on, to depend on

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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person

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻奇

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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zài shù shǎng .

He leaned against the tree.

闪电 shǎndiàn 似地 yòng chuí měng 下去 xià qù , 不偏不倚 bù piān bù yǐ ,正好 zhènghǎo 击中 jī zhòng dào dīng .

He brought the hammer flashing down, banging the spike squarely on the head.

我们 wǒmen 这些 zhè xiē 竿子 gān zi xié zài 墙上.

We leaned the poles back against the wall.

上校 shàng xiào 倚仗 yǐ zhàng 权势 quán shì ràng de 中士 huá chuán huá le 一路 yī lù

The Captain pulled rank and made his sergeant row the entire way.

丹尼尔 Dān ní ěr zài 沙发 shāfā shǎng 嘴里 zuǐ lǐ Huán zài jué zhāo 苹果 píngguǒ

Daniel leaned back on the sofa, still chewing on his apple.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to lean on
倚靠 yǐ kào to lean on倚靠 yǐ kào
不偏不倚 bù piān bù yǐ even-handed不偏不倚 bù piān bù yǐ
倚重 yǐ zhòng to rely heavily upon倚重 yǐ zhòng
倚仗 yǐ zhàng to lean on倚仗 yǐ zhàng
倚赖 yǐ lài to rely on倚賴
偏倚 piān yǐ to favor偏倚 piān yǐ
倚托 yǐ tuō to rely upon倚托 yǐ tuō
凭倚 píng yǐ to rely on憑倚
无倚无靠 wú yǐ wú kào orphaned無倚無靠

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