役 yì

1. yì noun service; labor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '役'; Guoyu '役' n 3; Kroll 2015 '役' 1, p. 584; Unihan '役'; XHZD '役' 2, p. 890)
2. yì noun a servant; a laborer
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 仆役 servant (CC-CEDICT '役'; Guoyu '役' n 4; Kroll 2015 '役' 4, p. 584; Unihan '役'; XHZD '役' 5, p. 891)
3. yì noun a campaign; a battle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '役'; Guoyu '役' n 2; Kroll 2015 '役' 2a, p. 584; XHZD '役' 1, p. 890)
4. yì noun service in the military
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 兵役 (CC-CEDICT '役'; Guoyu '役' n 3; Kroll 2015 '役' 2, p. 584; XHZD '役' 3, p. 890)
5. yì noun forced labor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '役'; Kroll 2015 '役' 1a, p. 584)
6. yì verb to serve; to work
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 服事 (CC-CEDICT '役'; Guoyu '役' v 4; Unihan '役'; XHZD '役' 4, p. 891)
7. yì noun a person working in an official capacity
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '役' 3, p. 584)
8. yì noun a slave
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '役' 4a, p. 584)
9. yì noun a disciple
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '役' 4b, p. 584)
10. yì verb to guard a border
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 戍守边疆 (Guoyu '役' v 1)
11. yì verb to order somebody to do something
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 使喚 (Guoyu '役' v 2)
12. yì verb to use; to implement
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 施行 (Guoyu '役' v 3)
13. yì verb to attract; to involve
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 吸引 (Guoyu '役' v 5)
14. yì noun a soldier
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 士兵 (Guoyu '役' n 1)

Contained in

• 退役 to retire from the military, sport etc; to demobilize; to decommission; retired from use
• 服兵役 military draft
• 劳役(勞役) forced labor; animal labor
• 衙役 a bailiff
• 田役 to do farm work
• 现役(現役) active duty
• 驱役(驅役) to order; to put to use
• 仆役(僕役) a servant
• 厮役 a servant; a person providing forced service
• 免役 to exempt from forced labor ; to exempt from military service
• 伕役 attendant; servant
• 形役 to do work; to do manual labor
• 差役 forced labor of feudal tenant ; a bailiff; a messenger
• 役龄(役齡) enlistment age
• 夫役 corvee; laborer
• 徭役 forced labor; corvee
• 兵役 military service
• 拘役 detention
• 苦役 forced labor; corvée; penal servitude
• 匠役 forced laborer
• 杂役(雜役) odd jobs; a part-time worker
• 役畜 draft animal; beast of burden
• 保证了战役的胜利(保證了戰役的勝利) ensure victory in a military campaign
• 役使动物(役使動物) draft animals; beasts of burden
• 避役 chameleon
• 战役(戰役) a military campaign
• 预备役军人(預備役軍人) reserve troops
• 惩役(懲役) punish by forced labor
• 毕其功于一役(畢其功於一役) to accomplish the whole task at one stroke
• 役使 to put a servant or animal to work; to make use of for labor
• 奴役 to enslave
• 服役 to serve in the army; in active service
• 使役 causative
• 一身两役(一身兩役) one person taking on two tasks simultaneously
• 役男 males eligible for military service; draftee

Also contained in

长城战役 、 靖难之役 、 崖门战役 、 不列颠战役 、 使役态 、 淮海战役 、 平津战役 、 中途岛战役 、 马拉松战役 、 瓜达卡纳尔战役 、 孟良崮战役 、 斯大林格勒战役 、 辽沈战役 、 土木之役

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• 卷一百七十七 志第一百三十 食貨上五 Volume 177 Treatises 130: Finance and Economics 1e History of Song 宋史 — count: 195
• 卷一百七十八 志第一百三十一 食貨上六 Volume 178 Treatises 131: Finance and Economics 1f History of Song 宋史 — count: 149
• 卷六十四　志第十六: 　河渠一 Volume 64 Treatises 17: Rivers and Canals 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 48
• 卷七十八 志第五十四 食貨二 Volume 78 Treatises 54: Finance and Economics 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 43
• 卷六十五　志第十七上: 河渠二 Volume 65 Treatises 18: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 39
• 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 37
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 35
• 卷九十一 志第四十四 河渠一 Volume 91 Treatises 44: Rivers and Canals 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 34
• 卷一百八十九 志第一百四十二 兵三 Volume 189 Treatises 142: Military 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 29
• 卷二十七　志第八:　河渠 黃河 漕渠盧溝河 滹沱河 漳河 Volume 27 Treatises 8: Rivers and Canals - Yellow River and its Branches and Channels, Hutuo River, Zhang River History of Jin 金史 — count: 28

Collocations

• 行役 (行役) 言君子行役 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧伯兮 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Bo Xi — count: 9
• 师役 (師役) 師役曰罷 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《少儀》 Smaller Rules of Demeanour — count: 6
• 征役 (徵役) 君子下從征役 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧鴇羽 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Bao Yu — count: 5
• 徒役 (徒役) 作其徒役之事 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 4
• 大役 (大役) 大役 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare — count: 4
• 掌役 (掌役) 掌役百官府與凡有守者 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 秋官司寇 第五 5. Office of Autumn and Minister of Justice — count: 4
• 役徒 (役徒) 驅楚役徒於山中 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
• 役事 (役事) 以逆其役事 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare — count: 3
• 反役 (反役) 反役 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 野役 (野役) 若起野役 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare — count: 3