Chinese Word: 裔 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

裔HSK 5

Pinyin: yì

English Definition: descendants; frontier

Chinese Definition:
①衣服的边缘。
②边，边远的地方：海裔。四裔。
③后代子孙：后裔。华裔。
④(裔裔)ａ．四散流布的样子，如“淫淫裔裔，缘陵流泽”；b．形容舞姿或步履袅娜；如“纡长袖而屡舞，翩跹跹以裔裔”。
⑤姓氏。

Total strokes: 13; Radical: 衣

Pictophonetic:衣 indicates the sound; 冏 (bright) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 衣 [ yī ] cloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat
- 冏 [ jiǒng ] bright, brilliant; clear; hot

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华裔HSK 5	huá yì	ethnic Chinese; non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry
后裔	hòu yì	descendant
亚裔	yà yì	of Asian descent
苗裔	miáo yì	offspring; descendant; progeny
支与流裔	zhī yǔ liú yì	lit. branches and descendants; of a similar kind; related

1		tā men 他们 shì 是 yī zhī 一支 yìn dì ān 印第安 bù luò 部落 de 的 hòu yì 后裔。 They are descendants of an Indian tribe.
2		wǒ men 我们 yīng gāi 应该 zūn zhòng 尊重 bù tóng 不同 zú yì 族裔 zhī jiān 之间 de 的 wén huà 文化 chā yì 差异。 We should respect cultural differences among different ethnic groups.