夷

How to write 夷, stroke by stroke

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What 夷 means

non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out; to exterminate; to tear down; to raze

Ideographic: A man 大 armed with a bow 弓

Made of 大 + 弓

Words with 夷

• 夷为平地yí wéi píng dìto level; to raze to the ground
• 夷平yí píngto level; to raze to the ground
• 匪夷所思fěi yí suǒ sīunimaginable; outrageous; freakish
• 凌夷líng yíto deteriorate; to decline; to slump; also written 陵夷
• 夷灭yí mièto massacre; to die out
• 夷然yí ráncalm
• 夷狄yí dínon-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China; barbarians
• 夷犹yí yóuto hesitate
• 烧夷弹shāo yí dànincendiary bomb
• 色夷sè yísmiling genially; to beam
• 蛮夷mán yícommon term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory; barbarian
• 逆夷nì yíinvaders (insulting term); foreign aggressors

夷 in a sentence

• 你已经去过夏威夷了吗？

  nǐ yǐ jīng qù guò xià wēi yí le ma ？

  Have you ever been to Hawaii?

• 我想去夏威夷。

  wǒ xiǎng qù xià wēi yí 。

  I'd like to go to Hawaii.

• 我们在夏威夷渡过了圣诞。

  wǒ men zài xià wēi yí dù guò le shèng dàn 。

  We stayed in Hawaii over Christmas.

Characters that sound like 夷

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