"义" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 义 |  yì | justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 义务 | yì wù | duty / obligation (CL:項|项[xiang4]) / volunteer (work etc) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义工 | yì gōng | volunteer worker / volunteer work | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义气 | yì qì | spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice / code of brotherhood / also pr. [yi4 qi5] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义父 | yì fù | adoptive father | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义卖 | yì mài | to hold a charity bazaar / to sell goods for a good cause | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义军 | yì jūn | volunteer army | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义士 | yì shì | high-minded and righteous person / patriot / loyalist | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义演 | yì yǎn | benefit performance / charity show | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义子 | yì zǐ | adopted son | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义愤 | yì fèn | righteous indignation / moral indignation | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义女 | yì nu:3 | adopted daughter | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义勇 | yì yǒng | courageous in fighting for a just cause | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义齿 | yì chǐ | artificial tooth | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义经 | yì jīng | Yoshitsune | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义行 | yì xíng | virtuous deed | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义母 | yì mǔ | adoptive mother | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义肢 | yì zhī | artificial limb / prosthesis | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义脚 | foot piece | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义股 | thigh pylon / thigh-piece pylon / thigh section | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义安 | Yì ān | Yi'an, a district of Tongling City 銅陵市|铜陵市[Tong2ling2 Shi4], Anhui | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义交 | yì jiāo | traffic auxiliary police (Tw) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义警 | yì jǐng | vigilante / volunteer (police) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义胫 | yì jìng | pylon / leg shaft | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义理 | yì lǐ | doctrine (esp. religious) / argumentation (in a speech or essay) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义马 | Yì mǎ | Yima, county-level city in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡[San1 men2 xia2], Henan | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义怒 | yì nù | righteous anger | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义人 | yì rén | righteous man | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义式 | Yì shì | (Tw) Italian-style | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义乌 | Yì wū | Yiwu, county-level city in Jinhua 金華|金华[Jin1 hua2], Zhejiang | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义县 | Yì xiàn | Yi county in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义项 | yì xiàng | sense (of a word) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义学 | yì xué | free school (old) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义译 | yì yì | to translate a term into Chinese using a combination of characters or words that suggests its meaning (as opposed to transliteration 音譯|音译[yin1yi4]) (e.g. 超文本[chao1wen2ben3], 火車|火车[huo3che1]) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义诊 | yì zhěn | to provide free medical treatment / to provide medical treatment, donating consultation fees to a charitable cause | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义冢 | yì zhǒng | potter's field / pauper's grave | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 义竹 | Yì zhú | Yizhu or Ichu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 义大利 | Yì dà lì | (Tw) Italy | |
| 义勇军 | yì yǒng jūn | volunteer army | |
| 义和团 | Yì hé tuán | the Righteous and Harmonious Fists / the Boxers (history) | |
| 义安区 | Yì ān Qū | Yi'an, a district of Tongling City 銅陵市|铜陵市[Tong2ling2 Shi4], Anhui | |
| 义父母 | yì fù mǔ | adoptive parents | |
| 义和乱 | yì hé luàn | the Boxer uprising | |
| 义和拳 | Yì hé quán | the Righteous and Harmonious Fists / the Boxers (history) | |
| 义卖会 | yì mài huì | bazaar | |
| 义马市 | Yì mǎ shì | Yima, county-level city in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡[San1 men2 xia2], Henan | |
| 义乌市 | Yì wū shì | Yiwu, county-level city in Jinhua 金華|金华[Jin1 hua2], Zhejiang | |
| 义县龙 | Yì xiàn lóng | Yixianosaurus, genus of theropod dinosaur from Yi county 義縣|义县, Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, west Liaoning | |
| 义竹乡 | Yì zhú xiāng | Yizhu or Ichu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan | |
| 义务教育 | yì wù jiào yù | compulsory education | |
| 义无反顾 | yì wú fǎn gù | honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom) / duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts | |
| 义不容辞 | yì bù róng cí | not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom) / incumbent / bounden (duty) | |
| 义愤填膺 | yì fèn tián yīng | righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom) / to feel indignant at injustice | |
| 义薄云天 | yì bó yún tiān | supremely honorable and righteous | |
| 义愤填胸 | yì fèn tián xiōng | righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom) / to feel indignant at injustice | |
| 义正辞严 | yì zhèng cí yán | (idiom) to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness | |
| 义大利面 | yì dà lì miàn | (Tw) spaghetti / pasta | |
| 义大利语 | yì dà lì yǔ | (Tw) Italian (language) | |
| 义踝关节 | yì huái guān jié | ankle piece | |
| 义结金兰 | yì jié jīn lán | to be close friends | |
| 义务投票 | yì wù tóu piào | compulsory voting | |
| 义之所在 | yì zhī suǒ zài | justice is to be found everywhere (idiom) | |
| 义和团运动 | Yì hé tuán Yùn dòng | Boxer Rebellion (1900-1901), a peasant uprising that attempted to expel all foreigners from China, eventually suppressed by an international coalition | |
| 义务承担人 | duty bearer | | |
| 义务工作者 | yì wù gōng zuò zhě | volunteer / voluntary worker | |
| 义务受益人 | yì wù shòu yì rén | duty holder | |
| 义勇军进行曲 | Yì yǒng jūn Jìn xíng qǔ | March of the Volunteer Army (PRC National Anthem) | |
| 义务投票强制投票 | compulsory voting | |
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| 意义 | yì yì | sense / meaning / significance / importance / CL:個|个[ge4] | | |
| 主义 | zhǔ yì | -ism / ideology | | |
| 定义 | dìng yì | definition / to define | | |
| 含义 | hán yì | meaning (implicit in a phrase) / implied meaning / hidden meaning / hint / connotation | | |
| 名义 | míng yì | name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose | | |
| 正义 | zhèng yì | justice / righteousness / just / righteous | | |
| 起义 | qǐ yì | uprising / insurrection / revolt | | |
| 讲义 | jiǎng yì | teaching materials | | |
| 遵义 | Zūn yì | see 遵義市|遵义市[Zun1yi4 Shi4] | | |
| 广义 | guǎng yì | broad sense / general sense | | |
| 演义 | yǎn yì | to dramatize historical events / novel or play on historical theme | | |
| 嘉义 | Jiā yì | Chiayi, a city and county in west Taiwan | | |
| 道义 | dào yì | morality / righteousness and justice | | |
| 释义 | shì yì | the meaning of sth / an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases / definition / an interpretation (of doctrine) / religious doctrine | | |
| 信义 | xìn yì | good faith / honor / trust and justice | | |
| 情义 | qíng yì | affection / comradeship | | |
| 仁义 | rén yi | affable and even-tempered | | |
| 仁义 | rén yì | benevolence and righteousness | | |
| 涵义 | hán yì | content / meaning / connotation / implication | | |
| 侠义 | xiá yì | chivalrous / chivalry / knight-errantry | | |
| 仗义 | zhàng yì | to uphold justice / to be loyal (to one's friends) / to stick by | | |
| 大义 | dà yì | righteousness / virtuous cause / a woman's marriage / main points of a piece of writing | | |
| 教义 | jiào yì | creed / doctrine / teachings | | |
| 狭义 | xiá yì | narrow sense / restricted sense | | |
| 不义 | bù yì | injustice | | |
| 忠义 | zhōng yì | loyal and righteous / fealty / loyalty | | |
| 疑义 | yí yì | a doubtful point | | |
| 语义 | yǔ yì | meaning of words / semantic | | |
| 词义 | cí yì | meaning of a word | | |
| 结义 | jié yì | to swear brotherhood | | |
| 要义 | yào yì | the essentials | | |
| 歧义 | qí yì | ambiguity / several possible meanings | | |
| 本义 | běn yì | original meaning / literal sense | | |
| 同义 | tóng yì | synonymous | | |
| 就义 | jiù yì | to be killed for a righteous cause / to die a martyr | | |
| 字义 | zì yì | meaning of a character | | |
| 贬义 | biǎn yì | derogatory sense / negative connotation | | |
| 无义 | wú yì | without meaning / nonsense / immoral / faithless | | |
| 精义 | jīng yì | quintessence / essentials | | |
| 转义 | zhuǎn yì | (linguistics) transferred meaning / (computing) to escape | | |
| 多义 | duō yì | polysemy / polysemous / ambiguity (linguistics) | | |
| 反义 | fǎn yì | antonymous / (genetic) antisense | | |
| 音义 | yīn yì | sound and meaning | | |
| 恩义 | ēn yì | feelings of gratitude and loyalty | | |
| 褒义 | bāo yì | commendatory sense / positive connotation | | |
| 安义 | An1 yì | Anyi county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi | | |
| 崇义 | Chóng yì | Chongyi county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[Gan4 zhou1], Jiangxi | | |
| 公义 | gōng yì | righteousness | | |
| 巩义 | Gǒng yì | see 鞏義市|巩义市[Gong3yi4 Shi4] | | |
| 卦义 | guà yì | interpretation of the divinatory trigrams | | |
| 古义 | gǔ yì | ancient meaning / original or etymological meaning of a word | | |
| 聚义 | jù yì | to meet as volunteers for an uprising | | |
| 来义 | Lái yì | Laiyi township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan | | |
| 礼义 | lǐ yì | righteousness / justice | | |
| 三义 | Sān yì | Sanyi township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan | | |
| 尚义 | Shàng yì | Shangyi county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhang1 jia1 kou3], Hebei | | |
| 顺义 | Shùn yì | Shunyi, a district of Beijing | | |
| 武义 | Wǔ yì | Wuyi county in Jinhua 金華|金华[Jin1 hua2], Zhejiang | | |
| 孝义 | Xiào yì | Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西 | | |
| 兴义 | Xīng yì | Xingyi city in Guizhou, capital of Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州 | | |
| 异义 | yì yì | differing opinion | | |
| 原义 | yuán yì | original meaning | | |
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| 自定义 | zì dìng yì | custom / user-defined | |
| 有意义 | yǒu yì yì | to make sense / to have meaning / to have significance / meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting | |
| 名义上 | míng yì shàng | nominally | |
| 讲义气 | jiǎng yì qì | to be loyal (to one's friends) / to value loyalty | |
| 同义词 | tóng yì cí | synonym | |
| 反义词 | fǎn yì cí | antonym | |
| 近义词 | jìn yì cí | near-synonym | |
| 下定义 | xià dìng yì | to define | |
| 傅作义 | Fù Zuò yì | Fu Zuoyi (1895-1974), Guomindang general, subsequently PRC top general and politician | |
| 尽义务 | jìn yì wù | to fulfill one's duty / to work without asking for reward | |
| 定义域 | dìng yì yù | domain (math.) | |
| 语义学 | yǔ yì xué | semantics | |
| 刘义庆 | Liú Yì qìng | Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世說新語|世说新语[Shi4 shuo1 Xin1 yu3] | |
| 多义性 | duō yì xìng | equivocality | |
| 多义词 | duō yì cí | polyseme / polysemous word | |
| 教义部 | Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | | |
| 反义链 | antisense | | |
| 安义县 | An1 yì xiàn | Anyi, a county in Nanchang 南昌[Nan2chang1], Jiangxi | |
| 比喻义 | bǐ yù yì | figurative meaning (of a word) | |
| 波义耳 | Bō yì ěr | Boyle (name) / Robert Boyle (1627-91), British and Irish scientist and pioneer chemist | |
| 崇义县 | Chóng yì xiàn | Chongyi county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[Gan4 zhou1], Jiangxi | |
| 反义字 | fǎn yì zì | character with opposite meaning / antonym / opposite characters | |
| 巩义市 | Gǒng yì shì | Gongyi, county-level city in Zhengzhou 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4zhou1 Shi4], Henan | |
| 假借义 | jiǎ jiè yì | the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jia3 jie4 zi4] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[er2] originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and") | |
| 嘉义市 | Jiā yì shì | Chiayi city in central Taiwan | |
| 嘉义县 | Jiā yì xiàn | Jiayi or Chiayi County in west Taiwan | |
| 季铭义 | jì míng yì | Ji | |
| 来义乡 | Lái yì xiāng | Laii township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan | |
| 毛主义 | Máo zhǔ yì | Maoism | |
| 赛义迪 | Sài yì dí | Said or Sayed (Arabic name) | |
| 三义乡 | Sān yì xiāng | Sanyi township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan | |
| 尚义县 | Shàng yì xiàn | Shangyi county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhang1 jia1 kou3], Hebei | |
| 顺义区 | Shùn yì qū | Shunyi, a district of Beijing | |
| 同义语 | tóng yì yǔ | synonym | |
| 同义字 | tóng yì zì | synonym | |
| 王义夫 | Wáng Yì fū | Wang Yifu (1960-), male PRC pistol shooter and Olympic medalist | |
| 无信义 | wú xìn yì | in bad faith / false / perfidious | |
| 武义县 | Wǔ yì xiàn | Wuyi county in Jinhua 金華|金华[Jin1 hua2], Zhejiang | |
| 消歧义 | xiāo qí yì | to remove ambiguity / disambiguation (in Wikipedia) | |
| 孝义市 | Xiào yì shì | Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西 | |
| 兴义市 | Xīng yì shì | Xingyi city in Guizhou, capital of Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州 | |
| 信义区 | Xìn yì qū | Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan / Hsinyi District of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 shi4], Taiwan | |
| 信义乡 | Xìn yì xiāng | Xinyi or Hsinyi Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan | |
| 引申义 | yǐn shēn yì | extended meaning (of an expression) / derived sense | |
| 预定义 | yù dìng yì | predefined | |
| 正义党 | Zhèng yì dǎng | Justicialist Party | |
| 遵义市 | Zūn yì shì | Zunyi, prefecture-level city in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省[Gui4zhou1 Sheng3] | |
| 遵义县 | Zūn yì xiàn | Zunyi county in Zun'yi 遵義|遵义[Zun1 yi4], Guizhou | |
| 社会主义 | shè huì zhǔ yì | socialism | |
| 资本主义 | zī běn zhǔ yì | capitalism | |
| 共产主义 | gòng chǎn zhǔ yì | communism | |
| 爱国主义 | ài guó zhǔ yì | patriotism | |
| 帝国主义 | dì guó zhǔ yì | imperialism | |
| 恐怖主义 | kǒng bù zhǔ yì | terrorism | |
| 顾名思义 | gù míng sī yì | as the name implies | |
| 见义勇为 | jiàn yì yǒng wéi | to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects) / to stand up bravely for the truth / acting heroically in a just cause | |
| 唯物主义 | wéi wù zhǔ yì | materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality | |
| 现实主义 | xiàn shí zhǔ yì | realism | |
| 人道主义 | rén dào zhǔ yì | humanism / humanitarian (aid) | |
| 民族主义 | mín zú zhǔ yì | nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 / Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 / (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism | |
| 自由主义 | zì yóu zhǔ yì | liberalism | |
| 历史意义 | lì shǐ yì yì | historic significance | |
| 天经地义 | tiān jīng dì yì | lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom) / fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course | |
| 民主主义 | mín zhǔ zhǔ yì | democracy | |
| 浪漫主义 | làng màn zhǔ yì | romanticism | |
| 马列主义 | Mǎ Liè zhǔ yì | Marxism-Leninism | |
| 形式主义 | xíng shì zhǔ yì | Formalism (art) | |
| 列宁主义 | Liè níng zhǔ yì | Leninism | |
| 军国主义 | jūn guó zhǔ yì | militarism | |
| 保护主义 | bǎo hù zhǔ yì | protectionism | |
| 个人主义 | gè rén zhǔ yì | individualism | |
| 理想主义 | lǐ xiǎng zhǔ yì | idealism | |
| 集体主义 | jí tǐ zhǔ yì | collectivism | |
| 官僚主义 | guān liáo zhǔ yì | bureaucracy | |
| 忘恩负义 | wàng ēn fù yì | to forget favors and violate justice (idiom) / ingratitude to a friend / to kick a benefactor in the teeth | |
| 实用主义 | shí yòng zhǔ yì | pragmatism | |
| 唯心主义 | wéi xīn zhǔ yì | philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness | |
| 大义凛然 | dà yì lǐn rán | devotion to righteousness that inspires reverence (idiom) | |
| 农民起义 | nóng mín qǐ yì | peasant revolt | |
| 机会主义 | jī huì zhǔ yì | opportunism / pragmatism | |
| 霸权主义 | bà quán zhǔ yì | hegemonism | |
| 见利忘义 | jiàn lì wàng yì | lit. to see profit and forget morality (idiom) / fig. to act from mercenary considerations / to sell one's soul | |
| 封神演义 | Fēng shén Yǎn yì | Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc | |
| 种族主义 | zhǒng zú zhǔ yì | racism | |
| 封建主义 | fēng jiàn zhǔ yì | feudalism | |
| 殖民主义 | zhí mín zhǔ yì | colonialism | |
| 人文主义 | rén wén zhǔ yì | humanism | |
| 不义之财 | bù yì zhī cái | ill-gotten wealth or gains | |
