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Usage of the character 伊

[伊]
  • surname Yi
  • abbr. for 伊拉克 ( Yīlākè), Iraq
  • abbr. for 伊朗 ( Yīlǎng), Iran
[伊]
  • (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she")
  • second person singular pronoun ("you")
  • (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she")
  • (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning
  • (preceding a noun) that
Yīzhōu
伊州
[伊州]
  • Tang dynasty province in modern Xinjiang, around Hami 哈密 ( Hāmì)
  • Illinois (US state)
yīshǐ
伊始
[伊始]
  • outset
  • beginning
yīmiàn
伊面
[伊麵]
  • yi mein (or yee mee or yee-fu noodles etc), a variety of Cantonese egg noodle
Yīfán
伊凡
[伊凡]
  • Ivan (Russian name)
Yīwú
伊吾
[伊吾]
  • Yiwu County in Hami 哈密市 ( Hāmì Shì), Xinjiang
Yīlí
伊犁
[伊犁]
  • see 伊犁哈薩克自治州/伊犁哈萨克自治州 ( Yīlí Hāsàkè Zìzhìzhōu)
  • see 伊犁河 ( Yīlí Hé)
  • see 伊犁盆地 ( Yīlí Péndì)
Yīwá
伊娃
[伊娃]
  • Eva (name)
yīwén
伊蚊
[伊蚊]
  • Aedes, a genus of mosquito
Yīchūn
伊春
[伊春]
  • see 伊春市 ( Yīchūn Shì)
yītǎ
伊塔
[伊塔]
  • eta (Greek letter Η, η)
Yītōng
伊通
[伊通]
  • Yitong Manchurian autonomous county in Siping 四平, Jilin
Yīténg
伊藤
[伊藤]
  • Itō or Itoh, Japanese surname
  • Ito-Yokado (supermarket) (abbr. for 伊藤洋華堂/伊藤洋华堂 ( Yīténg Yánghuátáng))
yīrén
伊人
[伊人]
  • (literary) that person (usually female)
  • she
  • one's intended
Yīchuān
伊川
[伊川]
  • Yichuan county in Luoyang 洛陽/洛阳, Henan
Yīshuǐ
伊水
[伊水]
  • Yi river in west Henan, tributary of North Luo river 洛河/洛河 ( Luòhé)
Yīlún
伊伦
[伊倫]
  • Irun (city in Basque region of Spain)
Yīfú
伊芙
[伊芙]
  • Eve (name)
Yīlǎng
伊朗
[伊朗]
  • Iran
yīmàn
伊曼
[伊曼]
  • see 伊瑪目/伊玛目 (yīmǎmù)
Yīsuǒ
伊索
[伊索]
  • Aesop (trad. 620-560 BC), Greek slave and storyteller, supposed author of Aesop's fables
Yīníng
伊宁
[伊寧]
  • Yining city and county or Ghulja nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州/伊犁哈萨克自治州 ( Yīlí Hāsàkè Zìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang
Yīdǎng
伊党
[伊黨]
  • Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party
Nuòyīmàn
诺伊曼
[諾伊曼]
  • Neumann (surname)
  • John von Neumann (1903–1957), Hungarian-born American mathematician and polymath
Duōyī'ěr
多伊尔
[多伊爾]
  • Doyle (name)
Yīlǐqí
伊里奇
[伊里奇]
  • Ilyich or Illich (name)
Yīsīmàn
伊斯曼
[伊斯曼]
  • Eastman (name)
  • George Eastman (1854-1932), US inventor and founder of Kodak 柯達/柯达 ( Kēdá)
  • Max F. Eastman (1883-1969), US socialist writer, subsequently severe critic of USSR
Yīníng Xiàn
伊宁县
[伊寧縣]
  • Yining County or Ghulja nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州/伊犁哈萨克自治州 ( Yīlí Hāsàkè Zìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang
yīmǎmǔ
伊马姆
[伊馬姆]
  • see 伊瑪目/伊玛目 (yīmǎmù)
Yīnítè
伊尼特
[伊尼特]
  • Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
yīfǔmiàn
伊府面
[伊府麵]
  • see 伊麵/伊面 (yīmiàn)
Yīlì Hú
伊利湖
[伊利湖]
  • Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖 ( Wǔdàhú)
Yībōlā
伊波拉
[伊波拉]
  • Ebola (virus)
Yīdiànyuán
伊甸园
[伊甸園]
  • Garden of Eden
Yīlí Hé
伊犁河
[伊犁河]
  • Ili River in central Asia
Dōngyīyùn
东伊运
[東伊運]
  • abbr. for 東突厥斯坦伊斯蘭運動/东突厥斯坦伊斯兰运动 ( Dōng Tūjuésītǎn Yīsīlán Yùndòng) East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM)
Zhāyī'ěr
扎伊尔
[扎伊爾]
  • Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Yīlìnuò
伊利诺
[伊利諾]
  • Illinois, US state
Bóyīxī
博伊西
[博伊西]
  • Boise, Idaho
Yīwànkǎ
伊万卡
[伊萬卡]
  • Ivanka (name)
Yīsīlán
伊斯兰
[伊斯蘭]
  • Islam
Màikǎiyī
迈凯伊
[邁凱伊]
  • McKay or Mackay (name)
Yīchūn Shì
伊春市
[伊春市]
  • Yichun, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省/黑龙江省 ( Hēilóngjiāng Shěng)
Yīlākè
伊拉克
[伊拉克]
  • Iraq
Yīliúshēn
伊留申
[伊留申]
  • Ilyushin, Russian plane maker
Yīwúxiàn
伊吾县
[伊吾縣]
  • Yiwu County in Hami 哈密市 ( Hāmì Shì), Xinjiang
Yīsītè
伊斯特
[伊斯特]
  • Istres (French town)
yīmèir
伊媚儿
[伊媚兒]
  • variant of 伊妹兒/伊妹儿 (yīmèir)
Zhèng Yījiàn
郑伊健
[鄭伊健]
  • Ekin Cheng (1967-), Hong Kong actor and pop singer
Yīníngshì
伊宁市
[伊寧市]
  • Gulja or Yining city in Xinjiang, capital of Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture
Yīgē'ěr
伊戈尔
[伊戈爾]
  • Igor
mùnǎiyī
木乃伊
[木乃伊]
  • (loanword) mummy (preserved corpse)
Láiyī'ěr
莱伊尔
[萊伊爾]
  • Lyell (name)
  • Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875), Scottish geologist
Ayīnǔ
阿伊努
[阿伊努]
  • Ainu (ethnic group of Japan's north and Russia's east)
Yītōng Hé
伊通河
[伊通河]
  • Yitong River in Siping 四平 ( Sìpíng), Jilin
yīmǎmù
伊玛目
[伊瑪目]
  • imam (Islam) (loanword)
Yīlí Zhōu
伊犁州
[伊犁州]
  • see 伊犁哈薩克自治州/伊犁哈萨克自治州 ( Yīlí Hāsàkè Zìzhìzhōu)
Yīsàkǎ
伊萨卡
[伊薩卡]
  • Ithaca, a Greek island
  • Ithaca, New York, location of Cornell University 康奈爾大學/康奈尔大学 ( Kāngnài'ěr Dàxué)
Bāhāyī
巴哈伊
[巴哈伊]
  • Baha'i (religion)
Yīshìdān
伊势丹
[伊勢丹]
  • Isetan, Japanese department store
Xiūyītè
休伊特
[休伊特]
  • Hewitt
Ayīshā
阿伊莎
[阿伊莎]
  • Ayshe, Aise or Ayesha (name)
  • Aishah bint Abi Bakr (c. 614-678), youngest wife of prophet Mohamed 穆罕默德 ( Mùhǎnmòdé)
yīmèir
伊妹儿
[伊妹兒]
  • (loanword) email
Yīchuānxiàn
伊川县
[伊川縣]
  • Yichuan county in Luoyang 洛陽/洛阳, Henan
kǎwāyī
卡哇伊
[卡哇伊]
  • cute
  • adorable
  • charming (loanword from Japanese)
Tèluòyī
特洛伊
[特洛伊]
  • ancient city of Troy
Yītōngxiàn
伊通县
[伊通縣]
  • Yitong Manchurian autonomous county in Siping 四平, Jilin
Yīlìshābái
伊莉莎白
[伊莉莎白]
  • Elizabeth
  • also written 伊麗莎白/伊丽莎白
Yīluòwǎdǐ
伊洛瓦底
[伊洛瓦底]
  • Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwady, the main river of Myanmar
yīpǔxīlóng
伊普西隆
[伊普西隆]
  • epsilon (Greek letter Εε)
Yīmànniǔ'ěr
伊曼纽尔
[伊曼紐爾]
  • Emanuel; Immanuel (name)
Dùyīsībǎo
杜伊斯堡
[杜伊斯堡]
  • Duisburg, city in the Ruhr 魯爾區/鲁尔区 ( Lǔ'ěr Qū), Germany
Yīgē'ěrsī
伊戈尔斯
[伊戈爾斯]
  • Eagles (name)
Yībìjiūlǔ
伊壁鸠鲁
[伊壁鳩魯]
  • Epicurus (341-270 BC), ancient Greek philosopher
Yīlípéndì
伊犁盆地
[伊犁盆地]
  • the Yili basin around Urumqi in Xinjiang
Yīlìyàtè
伊利亚特
[伊利亞特]
  • the "Iliad", Homer's epic poem about the Trojan War
Liǎng Yī Zhànzhēng
两伊战争
[兩伊戰爭]
  • Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
Yīlìnuòzhōu
伊利诺州
[伊利諾州]
  • Illinois, US state
Yīláikèsī
伊莱克斯
[伊萊克斯]
  • Electrolux (Swedish manufacturer of home appliances)
Yīníyīdé
伊尼伊德
[伊尼伊德]
  • Aeneid
Yīlìsàbái
伊莉萨白
[伊莉薩白]
  • Elizabeth (name)
  • also written 伊麗莎白/伊丽莎白
Yīsīlánbǎo
伊斯兰堡
[伊斯蘭堡]
  • Islamabad, capital of Pakistan
Hāméinèiyī
哈梅内伊
[哈梅內伊]
  • Khamenei, Ayatollah Aly (1939-), Supreme Leader of Iran, aka Ali Khamenei
Yīnnǔyītè
因努伊特
[因努伊特]
  • Inuit
Yībǐlìyà
伊比利亚
[伊比利亞]
  • Iberia
  • the Iberian peninsula
Yīlìnuòyī
伊利诺伊
[伊利諾伊]
  • Illinois, US state
Yīlìgéruì
伊利格瑞
[伊利格瑞]
  • Luce Irigaray (1930-), French psychoanalyst and feminist
Yījīnhuòluò
伊金霍洛
[伊金霍洛]
  • Ejin Horo banner (Ejen Khoruu khoshuu) in Ordos prefecture 鄂爾多斯/鄂尔多斯 ( Eěrduōsī), Inner Mongolia
Yīsīmài'ěr
伊思迈尔
[伊思邁爾]
  • Ismail (name)
  • Shah Ismail I (1487-1524), founder of Persian Safavid dynasty, reigned 1501-1524
Yīsīfǎhǎn
伊斯法罕
[伊斯法罕]
  • Isfahan province and city in central Iran
mùnǎiyīhuà
木乃伊化
[木乃伊化]
  • to mummify
  • mummification
Yīsītǎnbǎo
伊斯坦堡
[伊斯坦堡]
  • (Tw) Istanbul
Yīténg Bówén
伊藤博文
[伊藤博文]
  • Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909), Japan's first prime minister (served four terms), key figure in Japan's colonial expansion into Korea
Yīsàikè Hú
伊塞克湖
[伊塞克湖]
  • Issyk-Kul (a large lake in eastern Kyrgyzstan)
Fúluòyīdé
弗洛伊德
[弗洛伊德]
  • Floyd (name)
  • Freud (name)
  • Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis
yīyúhúdǐ
伊于胡底
[伊於胡底]
  • where will it stop?
Jiéyīhàngǎng
杰伊汉港
[傑伊漢港]
  • Ceyhan (Turkish Mediterranean port)
Yīsīlánguó
伊斯兰国
[伊斯蘭國]
  • Muslim countries
  • caliphate
  • Islamic State group (aka IS or ISIL or ISIS)
Fóluòyīdé
佛洛伊德
[佛洛伊德]
  • Floyd (name)
  • Freud (name)
  • Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis
zìyíyīqī
自贻伊戚
[自貽伊戚]
  • to create trouble for oneself (idiom)
yīkēbìngdú
伊科病毒
[伊科病毒]
  • echovirus (RNA virus in genus Enterovirus)
Yīníyàsī
伊尼亚斯
[伊尼亞斯]
  • Aeneas
Yīdùngōngxué
伊顿公学
[伊頓公學]
  • Eton public school (English elite school)
Kǎ'ěrzāyī
卡尔扎伊
[卡爾紮伊]
  • Hamid Karzai (1957-), Afghan politician, president 2004-2014
Yīsīlánjiào
伊斯兰教
[伊斯蘭教]
  • Islam
Yīlìshābái
伊丽莎白
[伊麗莎白]
  • Elizabeth (person name)
Yīlìnuòyīzhōu
伊利诺伊州
[伊利諾伊州]
  • Illinois, US state
Yītōnghuǒshānqún
伊通火山群
[伊通火山群]
  • Yitong volcanic area in Yitong Manchurian autonomous county 伊通滿族自治縣/伊通满族自治县, Siping, Jilin
Mòyīxièyēfū
莫伊谢耶夫
[莫伊謝耶夫]
  • Moiseyev (name)
  • Igor Aleksandrovich Moiseyev (1906-2007), choreographer of folk dance and founder of Moiseyev dance company
Yīsītǎnbù'ěr
伊斯坦布尔
[伊斯坦布爾]
  • Istanbul, Turkey
Yījīnhuòluòqí
伊金霍洛旗
[伊金霍洛旗]
  • Ejin Horo banner (Ejen Khoruu khoshuu) in Ordos prefecture 鄂爾多斯/鄂尔多斯 ( Eěrduōsī), Inner Mongolia
Yīlì'āisīkù
伊利埃斯库
[伊利埃斯庫]
  • Iliescu
Shāmǔ Shāyīhè
沙姆沙伊赫
[沙姆沙伊赫]
  • Sharm el-Sheikh, city in Egypt
Sūyīshì Yùnhé
苏伊士运河
[蘇伊士運河]
  • Suez Canal
Tèluòyī Mùmǎ
特洛伊木马
[特洛伊木馬]
  • Trojan horse
Cíwànjílāyī
茨万吉拉伊
[茨萬吉拉伊]
  • Morgan Tsvangirai (1952-2018), Zimbabwean politician
Yī'ěrkùcíkè
伊尔库茨克
[伊爾庫茨克]
  • Irkutsk
Yīlǎng Xiànjiānhuì
伊朗宪监会
[伊朗憲監會]
  • Guardian Council of the Constitution of Iran
Bāyīlán Dàxué
巴伊兰大学
[巴伊蘭大學]
  • Bar-Ilan University, in Israel
Yīlóng· Mǎsīkè
伊隆·马斯克
[伊隆·馬斯克]
  • Elon Musk (1971-), founder and CEO of SpaceX, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors
Sūshān· Bōyī'ěr
苏珊·波伊尔
[蘇珊·波伊爾]
  • Susan Boyle (1961-), competitor in UK reality TV competition
Yīwá· Méndésī
伊娃·门德斯
[伊娃·門德斯]
  • Eva Mendes, American actress
Zhōng E Yīlí Tiáoyuē
中俄伊犁条约
[中俄伊犁條約]
  • Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
Yīruìkètíwēngmiào
伊瑞克提翁庙
[伊瑞克提翁廟]
  • the Erechteum, Athens
Yīsīpàní'àolā
伊斯帕尼奥拉
[伊斯帕尼奧拉]
  • Hispaniola (Caribbean island including Haiti and the Dominican Republic)
Gǎidìng Yīlí Tiáoyuē
改订伊犁条约
[改訂伊犁條約]
  • Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881 in which Russia agreed to hand back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
Yīsīlánmǎbādé
伊斯兰马巴德
[伊斯蘭馬巴德]
  • Islamabad, capital of Pakistan (Tw)
Yībǐlìyà Bàndǎo
伊比利亚半岛
[伊比利亞半島]
  • Iberian Peninsula
Yóulǐsī· Yīwénsī
尤里斯·伊文思
[尤里斯·伊文思]
  • Joris Ivens (1898-1989), Dutch documentary filmmaker and committed communist
Zhānmǔsī· Qiáoyīsī
詹姆斯·乔伊斯
[詹姆斯·喬伊斯]
  • James Joyce (1882-1941), Irish modernist writer, author of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake
Luó'ěrsī· Luóyīsī
罗尔斯·罗伊斯
[羅爾斯·羅伊斯]
  • Rolls-Royce (UK company)
  • also written 勞斯萊斯/劳斯莱斯 ( Láosī Láisī)
Yītōngzìránbǎohùqū
伊通自然保护区
[伊通自然保護區]
  • Yitong nature reserve in Yitong Manchurian autonomous county 伊通滿族自治縣/伊通满族自治县, Siping, Jilin
Yīsīlán Shèngzhàn Zǔzhī
伊斯兰圣战组织
[伊斯蘭聖戰組織]
  • Islamic Jihad (Palestinian armed faction)
Yīshìmàn Kēdá Gōngsī
伊士曼柯达公司
[伊士曼柯達公司]
  • Eastman Kodak Company (US film company)
Yītōng Mǎnzú Zìzhìxiàn
伊通满族自治县
[伊通滿族自治縣]
  • Yitong Manchurian autonomous county in Siping 四平, Jilin
Zhōngguó Yīsīlánjiào Xiéhuì
中国伊斯兰教协会
[中國伊斯蘭教協會]
  • Chinese Patriotic Islamic Association
Yīlí Hāsàkè Zìzhìzhōu
伊犁哈萨克自治州
[伊犁哈薩克自治州]
  • Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區/新疆维吾尔自治区 ( Xīnjiāng Wéiwú'ěr Zìzhìqū)
Mǐhāyī'ěr· Pǔluóhuòluófū
米哈伊尔·普罗霍罗夫
[米哈伊爾·普羅霍羅夫]
  • Mikhail Prokhorov (1965-), Russian billionaire and owner of the Brooklyn Nets (NBA team)
Dōng Tūjuésītǎn Yīsīlán Yùndòng
东突厥斯坦伊斯兰运动
[東突厥斯坦伊斯蘭運動]
  • East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM)
Tàimǐ'ěr Yīlāmǔ Měnghǔ Jiěfàng Zǔzhī
泰米尔伊拉姆猛虎解放组织
[泰米爾伊拉姆猛虎解放組織]
  • Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Lùyìsī· Yīnàxī'ào· Lúlā· Dáxí'ěrwǎ
路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦
[路易斯·伊納西奧·盧拉·達席爾瓦]
  • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the thirty-fifth president of Brazil
  • Lula