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yī

Meanings

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yī
  1. 1.(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she")
  2. 2.second person singular pronoun ("you")
  3. 3.(May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she")
  4. 4.(Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning
  5. 5.(preceding a noun) that
  6. 6.(bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克[Yī lā kè])
  7. 7.(bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗[Yī lǎng])
Yī
  1. 1.surname Yi

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.this; that
  2. 2.he, him; she, her; it
  3. 3.she, her
  4. 4.you (singular)
  5. 5.Yi River (a tributary of the Luo River in Henan, China)
  6. 6.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *qlil): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 尹 (OC *ɢʷlinʔ). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(h)i ~ *(h)aj (“this; here”). Cognate with Burmese ဤ (i, “this”).

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Stroke order

Components

伊亻尹

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Example sentences

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Related words

伊娃 Eva (name)伊藤 Itō or Itoh, Japanese surname伊川 see 伊川县[Yī chuān Xiàn]伊蚊 Aedes, a genus of mosquito伊始 outset伊吾 see 伊吾县[Yī wú Xiàn]伊水 Yi river in west Henan, tributary of North Luo river 洛河[Luò hé]伊伦 Irun (city in Basque region of Spain)伊朗 Iran伊党 Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party伊春 see 伊春市[Yī chūn Shì]伊州 Tang dynasty province in modern Xinjiang, around Hami 哈密[Hā mì]