夷 yí
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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') -
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') -
yí
noun
foreign peoples
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'yí' 夷 bf 7, p. 1134; NCCED 1 '夷' 3, p. 1915) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
yí
adjective
uncouth
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夷' 1a, p. 542) -
yí
noun
flatland
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夷' 2, p. 542) -
yí
adjective
worn away; deteriorated
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夷' 2a, p. 542) -
yí
noun
a hoe
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 锄草 (Guoyu '夷' n 4) -
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) -
yí
adjective
faint; invisible
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夷' 6, p. 542) -
yí
verb
to sit with splayed legs
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夷' 7, p. 542) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
yí
verb
to falter
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夷' 9, p. 542) -
yí
proper noun
Yi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '夷' n 8) -
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) -
yí
verb
to display
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 陈放 (Guoyu '夷' v 4)
Contained in
- 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
- 化险为夷(化險為夷) to avert disaster in favor of peace
- 蛮夷(蠻夷) native people
- 匪夷所思 fantastic; freak
- 虾夷(蝦夷) Emishi or Ebisu, ethnic group of ancient Japan, thought to be related to modern Ainus
- 履险如夷(履險如夷) to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground
- 伯夷叔齐(伯夷叔齊) Bo Yi and Shu Qi
- 辛夷 Magnolia kobus
- 夷狄 foreign countries
- 夷犹(夷猶) to hesitate
- 平夷 tranquil and quiet ; even; equal in height
- 夷然 calm
- 三夷教 the three foreign religions
- 夷洲 name of an ancient barbarian country, possibly Taiwan
- 逆夷 invaders (insulting term); foreign aggressors
- 陵夷 to deteriorate; to decline; to slump
- 夷旷(夷曠) expansive; level and broad; broad-minded
- 凌夷 to deteriorate; to decline; to slump; also written 陵夷
- 日本辛夷 Magnolia kobus
- 烧夷弹(燒夷彈) fire bomb; incendiary device
- 蛮夷戎狄(蠻夷戎狄) Man, Yi, Rong, Di; all the barbarian peoples
- 夷戮 to massacre
- 虾夷葱(蝦夷蔥) chive
- 夷灭(夷滅) to massacre; to die out
- 色夷 to smile genially; to beam
- 夏威夷果 macadamia nut
- 襟怀夷旷(襟懷夷曠) broad-minded
- 阿夷 a rishi; a sage
- 夷平 to level; to raze to the ground
- 以夷制夷 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners; let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
- 夷为平地(夷為平地) to raze to the ground
Also contained in
夷陵 、 拘夷 、 伯夷 、 夷陵区 、 四夷附录 、 淮夷 、 舍夷 、 夏威夷 、 罽饶夷城 、 夷王 、 夏威夷火山国家公园 、 满者伯夷 、 夏威夷岛 、 夷门 、 夏威夷州 、 吕夷简 、 岛夷志 、 罗夷国 、 四夷 、 岛夷志略
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- 卷四百九十六 列傳第二百五十五 蠻夷四 西南諸夷 黎州諸蠻 敍州三路蠻 威茂渝州蠻 黔涪施高徼外諸蠻 瀘州蠻 Volume 496 Biographies 255: Man People 4 - All Peoples from the Southwest, All Man Peoples from Lizhou, Man Peoples from Xuzhou and Sanlu, Man Peoples from Weimao and Yuzhou, Man Peoples from Qianfu Shigao and Outer Areas, Man People from Luzhou History of Song 宋史 — count: 63
- 卷八十六 南蠻西南夷列傳 Volume 86: Treatise on the Nanman, Southwestern Barbarians Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 62
- 卷三百十一 列傳第七十 晏殊 龐籍孫:恭孫 王隨 章得象 呂夷簡子:公綽 公弼 公孺 張士遜 Volume 311 Biographies 70: Yan Shu, Pang Ji and grandson: Gongsun, Wang Sui, Zhang Dexiang, Lu Yijian and son: Gongchao, Gong Bi, Gong Ru, Zhang Shixun History of Song 宋史 — count: 52
- 卷六十一 志第十三: 地理四 Volume 61 Treatises 14: Geography 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 37
- 夏紀 Records of the Xia Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 33
- 卷四十 志第二十: 地理三 Volume 40 Treatises 20: Geography 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 33
- 卷九十一 列傳第六十一 儒林 Volume 91 Biographies 61: Confucian Scholars Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 29
- Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 26
- 卷一百八十一 列傳第一百零六 陳三李曹劉 Volume 181 Biographies 106: Chen, three Li's, Cao, Liu New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 25
- 卷一百九十九下 列傳第一百四十九下: 北狄 Volume 199 Biographies 149: Northern Peoples Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 25
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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