夷 yí

1. yí noun ancient barbarian tribes
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 蛮夷戎狄 'all the barbarian peoples' (ABC 'yí' 夷 bf 6, p. 1134; Guoyu '夷' n 2; Kroll 2015 '夷' 1, p. 542; NCCED 1 '夷' 2, p. 1915; Unihan '夷')
2. yí proper noun Yi [people]
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
   Notes: For example, 淮夷 Yi peoples of the Huai River area (Guoyu '夷' n 1; NCCED 1 '夷' 1, p. 1915; Wikipedia '夷')
3. yí noun foreign peoples
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'yí' 夷 bf 7, p. 1134; NCCED 1 '夷' 3, p. 1915)
4. yí adjective smooth; level
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 平坦 (ABC 'yí' 夷 bf 1, p. 1134; Guoyu '夷' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '夷' 2, p. 542; NCCED 2 '夷' 1, p. 1915)
5. yí verb to demolish; to raze
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 铲平; for example, the idiom 夷为平地 'raze to the ground' (ABC 'yí' 夷 bf 4, p. 1134; Guoyu '夷' v 1; Kroll 2015 '夷' 4a, p. 542; NCCED 2 '夷' 2, p. 1915)
6. yí verb to exterminate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 消灭 (ABC 'yí' 夷 bf 5, p. 1134; Guoyu '夷' v 2; Kroll 2015 '夷' 4a, p. 542; NCCED 2 '夷' 3, p. 1915)
7. yí adjective safety
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 平安; for example, the idiom 化险为夷 'avert disaster in favor of peace' (ABC 'yí' 夷 bf 2, p. 1134; Guoyu '夷' n 7; NCCED 2 '夷' 1, p. 1915)
8. yí adjective calm; joyful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'yí' 夷 bf 3, p. 1134; Guoyu '夷' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '夷' 3, p. 542)
9. yí adjective uncouth
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夷' 1a, p. 542)
10. yí noun flatland
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夷' 2, p. 542)
11. yí adjective worn away; deteriorated
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夷' 2a, p. 542)
12. yí noun a hoe
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 锄草 (Guoyu '夷' n 4)
13. yí noun a wound
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 创伤; as a variant of 痍 (Guoyu '夷' n 5; Kroll 2015 '夷' 5, p. 542)
14. yí adjective faint; invisible
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夷' 6, p. 542)
15. yí verb to sit with splayed legs
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夷' 7, p. 542)
16. yí verb arrogant; rude; disrespectful
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 傲慢 (Guoyu '夷' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '夷' 7a, p. 542)
17. yí noun something ordinary
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 常道; as a variant of 彝 (Guoyu '夷' n 7; Kroll 2015 '夷' 8, p. 542)
18. yí noun same generation; a similar kind
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 同辈 (Guoyu '夷' n 3; Kroll 2015 '夷' 8a, p. 542)
19. yí verb to falter
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夷' 9, p. 542)
20. yí proper noun Yi
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '夷' n 8)
21. yí verb to hoe; to cut grass
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 割草 (Guoyu '夷' v 3; Kroll 2015 '夷' 4, p. 542)
22. yí verb to display
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 陈放 (Guoyu '夷' v 4)

Contained in

• 匪夷所思 fantastic; freak
• 履险如夷(履險如夷) to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground
• 凌夷 to deteriorate; to decline; to slump; also written 陵夷
• 岛夷(島夷) Daoyi people
• 夏威夷果 macadamia nut
• 夷戮 to massacre
• 鄙夷 to despise; to look down upon; despicable
• 新夷 Magnolia kobus
• 陵夷 to deteriorate; to decline; to slump
• 夷旷(夷曠) expansive; level and broad; broad-minded
• 攘夷 to repel the barbarians
• 夷灭(夷滅) to massacre; to die out
• 夷齐(夷齊) Bo Yi and Shu Qi
• 伯夷叔齐(伯夷叔齊) Bo Yi and Shu Qi
• 虾夷葱(蝦夷蔥) chive
• 平夷 tranquil and quiet ; even; equal in height
• 夷洲 name of an ancient barbarian country, possibly Taiwan
• 以夷制夷 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners; let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
• 三夷教 the three foreign religions
• 夷犹(夷猶) to hesitate
• 嵎夷 Yuyi
• 丑夷(醜夷) same generation
• 日本辛夷 Magnolia kobus
• 师夷长技以制夷(師夷長技以制夷) learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them, idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源
• 夷然 calm
• 东夷(東夷) Eastern Barbarians
• 襟怀夷旷(襟懷夷曠) broad-minded
• 化险为夷(化險為夷) to avert disaster in favor of peace
• 辛夷 Magnolia kobus
• 逆夷 invaders (insulting term); foreign aggressors
• 蛮夷戎狄(蠻夷戎狄) Man, Yi, Rong, Di; all the barbarian peoples
• 烧夷弹(燒夷彈) fire bomb; incendiary device

Also contained in

夷门 、 岛夷志略 、 四夷 、 夷陵 、 吕夷简 、 南夷校尉 、 罽饶夷城 、 征夷大将军 、 夏威夷州 、 岛夷志 、 夏威夷 、 拘夷 、 武夷山 、 四夷附录 、 武夷山市 、 满者伯夷 、 夷陵区 、 夷王 、 伯夷

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Collocations

• 夷仪 (夷儀) 齊桓公遷邢于夷儀 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 18
• 伐夷 (伐夷) 紀人伐夷 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
• 牟夷 (牟夷) 莒牟夷以牟婁及防茲來奔 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 夷灶 (夷灶) 塞井夷灶 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
• 明夷 (明夷) 遇明夷之謙 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 井夷 (井夷) 塞井夷灶 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
• 管夷 (管夷) 管夷吾 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
• 夷曰 (夷曰) 罕夷曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 3
• 目夷 (目夷) 目夷長且仁 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 君夷 (君夷) 晉趙盾弒其君夷皋 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3