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以

Traditional: 㕥 · 㠯

yǐ

HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 4

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yǐ · ji5 (Jyutping)

  1. old variant of 以[yi3]
  2. abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
  3. to use
  4. by means of
  5. according to
  6. in order to
  7. because of
  8. at (a certain date or place)

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

以

Meaning
by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
Radical
人
Strokes
4
Components
⿰？人
Cangjie
VIO
Four-corner
2810.0

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