Meaning
a barbarian
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “yi” becomes a different word in each tone. 夷 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 化险为夷huà xiǎn wéi yíto turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
- 夷然yí ráncalm
- 夷平yí píngto level; to raze to the ground
- 色夷sè yísmiling genially; to beam
- 夷灭yí mièto massacre; to die out
Example Sentence
一场大火，把整片房屋夷为平地。Yì chǎng dà huǒ, bǎ zhěng piàn fáng wū yí wéi píng dì.A big fire razed the whole row of houses to the ground.
一Yìone场chǎngthreshing floor大火dà huǒconflagration，把bǎ(marks the object)整zhěng(bound form) in good order片piàndisk房屋fáng wūhouse夷为平地yí wéi píng dìto level。