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Meaning of 伊

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伊
Pinyin: yī
English Definition: (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; that (preceding a noun); surname Yi; abbr. for 伊拉克 , Iran
Chinese Definition:
①彼,他,她:伊说。伊人(那个人,多指女性)。
②文言助词:下车伊始。伊谁之力?伊于胡底(到什么地步为止,不堪设想的意思)。
③姓氏。
Total strokes: 6; Radical: 人
Pictophonetic:尹 indicates the sound; 亻 (person) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 亻 [ rén ] man, person; people
    • 尹 [ yǐn ] to govern, to oversee; director
Similar Characters: 仴
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Example Words
伊斯兰堡 yī sī lán bǎo Islamabad, capital of Pakistan
伊斯兰教 yī sī lán jiào Islam
伊始 yī shǐ outset; beginning
伊人 yī rén (literary) that person (usually female); she; one's intended
木乃伊 mù nǎi yī mummy (preserved corpse) (loanword)
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Example Sentences
1
她问泰瑞
,
是否伊菜伤害了她
,
但泰瑞的回答是没有
。
She asks Teri if Eli had hurt her but Teri says no.
2
我记得
“
伊
”
给我买过一本
《
爱丽丝的仙境
》
作为圣诞礼物
。
I remember she bought me a copy of Alice In Wonderland for Christmas.
3
因此伊卡洛斯航天器计划将让我们的视野从太阳系扩展到邻近的恒星
,
那么该从哪里开始呢
?
So the Icarus spacecraft is planned to take us beyond our solar system to neighboring stars, where should it go first?
4
我已向伊拉克人民明确承诺
:
我们既不会寻求在伊保留军事基地
,
也不会觊觎其领土和资源
。
I have made it clear to the Iraqi people that we pursue no basis and no claim on their territory or resources.
5
我们与我们的兄弟卡尔扎伊和阿富汗人民站在一起
,
抵御这个共同的威胁
,
这个我把它称为毒瘤的威胁
。
We stand with our brother Karzai and the people of Afghanistan against this common threat, this menace which I have called cancer.