Usage of the character 役
yì
役
[役]
- forced labor
- corvée
- obligatory task
- military service
- to use as servant
- to enserf
- servant (old)
- war
- campaign
- battle
yáyì
衙役
[衙役]
- bailiff of feudal yamen
tuìyì
退役
[退役]
- (of military personnel or athletes) to retire
- (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned
záyì
杂役
[雜役]
- odd jobs
- part-time worker
qūyì
驱役
[驅役]
- to order (sb) about
- (by extension) to put to use
yìshǐ
役使
[役使]
- to put to work (servant or animal)
- to make use of for labor
bīngyì
兵役
[兵役]
- military service
láoyì
劳役
[勞役]
- forced labor
- corvée (labor required of a serf)
- animal labor
fúyì
服役
[服役]
- to serve in the army
- in active service
chāiyì
差役
[差役]
- forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée)
- bailiff of feudal yamen
yìchù
役畜
[役畜]
- draft animal
- beast of burden
yáoyì
徭役
[徭役]
- forced labor
- corvee
bìyì
避役
[避役]
- chameleon
núyì
奴役
[奴役]
- to enslave
tiányì
田役
[田役]
- farm work
yìnán
役男
[役男]
- males eligible for military service
- draftee
- abbr. for 役齡男子／役龄男子
shǐyì
使役
[使役]
- to use (an animal or servant)
- working (animal)
- (beast) of burden
- causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc)
xiànyì
现役
[現役]
- (military) active duty
yìlíng
役龄
[役齡]
- enlistment age
fūyì
夫役
[夫役]
- corvee
- laborer
púyì
仆役
[僕役]
- servant
jūyì
拘役
[拘役]
- detention
kǔyì
苦役
[苦役]
- forced labor
- corvée
- penal servitude
zhànyì
战役
[戰役]
- military campaign
fúbīngyì
服兵役
[服兵役]
- to serve in the army
yìshǐdòngwù
役使动物
[役使動物]
- draft animals
- beasts of burden
Píngjīn Zhànyì
平津战役
[平津戰役]
- Pingjin Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War
jìngnánzhīyì
靖难之役
[靖難之役]
- war of 1402 between successors of the first Ming Emperor
Huáihǎi Zhànyì
淮海战役
[淮海戰役]
- Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war
Liáoshěn Zhànyì
辽沈战役
[遼瀋戰役]
- Liaoshen Campaign (Sep-Nov 1948), the first of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War
yīshēnliǎngyì
一身两役
[一身兩役]
- one person taking on two tasks simultaneously
Mèngliánggù Zhànyì
孟良崮战役
[孟良崮戰役]
- Battle of Mt Mengliang in Shandong of 1947 between the Nationalists and Communists
yùbèiyìjūnrén
预备役军人
[預備役軍人]
- reserve troops
Zhōngtú Dǎo Zhànyì
中途岛战役
[中途島戰役]
- Battle of Midway, June 1942
Bùlièdiān Zhànyì
不列颠战役
[不列顛戰役]
- Battle of Britain (Jul-Oct 1940)
bìqígōngyúyīyì
毕其功于一役
[畢其功於一役]
- to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)
Sīdàlíngélè Zhànyì
斯大林格勒战役
[斯大林格勒戰役]
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the bloodiest battles in history, when the Germans failed to take Stalingrad, were then trapped and destroyed by Soviet forces
Guādákǎnà'ěrzhànyì
瓜达卡纳尔战役
[瓜達卡納爾戰役]
- battle of Guadalcanal of late 1942, the turning point of the war in the Pacific