| 1 | 差异 | 差異 | chā yì | cha1 yi4 | difference; discrepancy | | |
| 2 | 异 | 異 | yì | yi4 | different; other; hetero-; unusual; strange; surprising; to distinguish; to separate; to discriminate | | |
| 3 | 异常 | 異常 | yì cháng | yi4 chang2 | exceptional; abnormal; an anomaly | | |
| 4 | 变异 | 變異 | biàn yì | bian4 yi4 | variation | | |
| 5 | 奇异 | 奇異 | qí yì | qi2 yi4 | difference; discrepancy; fantastic; bizarre; odd; exotic; astonished | | |
| 6 | 惊异 | 驚異 | jīng yì | jing1 yi4 | amazed | | |
| 7 | 异性 | 異性 | yì xìng | yi4 xing4 | the opposite sex; of the opposite sex; heterosexual; different in nature | | |
| 8 | 异化 | 異化 | yì huà | yi4 hua4 | alienation (philosophy); (of speech) dissimilation | | |
| 9 | 异样 | 異樣 | yì yàng | yi4 yang4 | difference; peculiar | | |
| 10 | 诧异 | 詫異 | chà yì | cha4 yi4 | flabbergasted; astonished | | |
| 11 | 优异 | 優異 | yōu yì | you1 yi4 | exceptional; outstandingly good | | |
| 12 | 特异 | 特異 | tè yì | te4 yi4 | exceptionally good; excellent; clearly outstanding; distinctive; peculiar; unique | | |
| 13 | 各异 | 各異 | gè yì | ge4 yi4 | all different; each unto his own | | |
| 14 | 异物 | 異物 | yì wù | yi4 wu4 | rarity; rare delicacy; foreign matter; alien body; the dead; ghost; monstrosity; alien life-form | | |
| 15 | 无异 | 無異 | wú yì | wu2 yi4 | nothing other than; to differ in no way from; the same as; to amount to | | |
| 16 | 异口同声 | 異口同聲 | yì kǒu tóng shēng | yi4 kou3 tong2 sheng1 | different mouths, same voice; to speak in unison (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 异面直线 | 異面直線 | yì miàn zhí xiàn | yi4 mian4 zhi2 xian4 | (math.) skew lines | | |
| 18 | 身首异处 | 身首異處 | shēn shǒu yì chù | shen1 shou3 yi4 chu4 | to be decapitated (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 异味 | 異味 | yì wèi | yi4 wei4 | unpleasant odor | | |
| 20 | 天赋异禀 | 天賦異稟 | tiān fù yì bǐng | tian1 fu4 yi4 bing3 | extraordinary talent; exceptionally gifted | | |
| 21 | 骨髓增生异常综合征 | 骨髓增生異常綜合徵 | gǔ suǐ zēng shēng yì cháng zōng hé zhēng | gu3 sui3 zeng1 sheng1 yi4 chang2 zong1 he2 zheng1 | myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) | | |
| 22 | 雌雄异色 | 雌雄異色 | cí xióng yì sè | ci2 xiong2 yi4 se4 | sexual coloration | | |
| 23 | 磁异常 | 磁異常 | cí yì cháng | ci2 yi4 chang2 | magnetic anomaly (geology) | | |
| 24 | 标新领异 | 標新領異 | biāo xīn lǐng yì | biao1 xin1 ling3 yi4 | to bring in the new (idiom); new directions, different creation | | |
| 25 | 标新立异 | 標新立異 | biāo xīn lì yì | biao1 xin1 li4 yi4 | to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom) | | |