Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

overflow

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “yi” becomes a different word in each tone. 溢 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 洋溢yáng yìbrimming with; steeped in
  • 溢出yì chūto overflow; to spill over; (computing) overflow
  • 外溢wài yì(of liquid) to spill out; to overflow; (of gas) to leak out; (fig.) to spill over
  • 四溢sì yì(of a perfume or a foul odor) permeating the whole place; (of grease etc) dripping everywhere; flowing all over the place
  • 溢价yì jiàpremium; to charge or pay a premium

Example Sentence

水倒得太满,从杯子里溢了出来。Shuǐ dào de tài mǎn, cóng bēi zi lǐ yì le chū lái.The water was poured too full and overflowed from the cup.

ShuǐShui ethnic groupdàoto failde(verb complement)tàitoomǎnManchu ethnic groupcóngfrom杯子bēi zicupinsideto overflowle(completed action)出来chū láito come out