= y + Ø2
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China / barbarians / to wipe out / to exterminate / to tear down / to raze
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How to pronounce 夷

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ Ø2 final

In the space station’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

夷 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
dài = d + ai4
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
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= d + a4
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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gōng = gu + (e)ng1
a bow (weapon) / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to bend / to arch (one's back etc)
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Characters with 夷 as component

= y + Ø2
happy / joyous
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= y + Ø2
(tree)
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= ti + Ø4
nasal mucus / Taiwan pr. [yi2]
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Words with 夷

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the three foreign religions (Nestorianism, Manicheanism and Zoroastrianism)
to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
to deteriorate / to decline / to slump / also written 陵夷

Sentences with 夷

夷 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

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

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