Meaning
service
Chinese: 劳役、服役，也指战役。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “yi” becomes a different word in each tone. 役 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 战役zhàn yìmilitary campaign
- 退役tuì yì(of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned
- 现役xiàn yì(military) active duty; (sports) currently active (player, athlete etc)
- 使役shǐ yìto use (an animal or servant); working (animal); (beast) of burden; causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc)
- 役使yì shǐto put to work (servant or animal); to make use of for labor
Example Sentence
古时候的农民要服各种劳役。Gǔ shí hou de nóng mín yào fú gè zhǒng láo yì.In ancient times, farmers had to do all kinds of forced labor.
古时候Gǔ shí houin ancient times的deof农民nóng mínpeasant要yàoto want服fúclothes各种gè zhǒngevery kind of劳役láo yìforced labor。