1. 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. 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. noun foreign peoples
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'yí' 夷 bf 7, p. 1134; NCCED 1 '夷' 3, p. 1915)
  4. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. adjective uncouth
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夷' 1a, p. 542)
  10. noun flatland
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夷' 2, p. 542)
  11. adjective worn away; deteriorated
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夷' 2a, p. 542)
  12. noun a hoe
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 锄草 (Guoyu '夷' n 4)
  13. 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. adjective faint; invisible
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夷' 6, p. 542)
  15. verb to sit with splayed legs
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夷' 7, p. 542)
  16. 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. 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. 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. verb to falter
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夷' 9, p. 542)
  20. proper noun Yi
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '夷' n 8)
  21. 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. verb to display
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 陈放 (Guoyu '夷' v 4)

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  • 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: 17
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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