verb #88,003

Meanings

  1. 1 to stand firm
  2. 2 to tower (like a mountain)

Examples

Zhōngguó yìlì yú shìjiè mínzú zhī lín.
China stands firm among the nations of the world.
Lìjīng fēngyǔ, lǎo sōng réng yì rán lì zài yá shàng.
Through wind and rain the old pine still stands unshaken on the cliff.

Tips

usage
evokes something standing tall and immovable like a mountain. The everyday words are 屹立 (to stand towering and firm) and 屹然 (steadfast, unshaken), often used figuratively for a nation or a person's resolve.

Components

radical
shān
mountain
The mountain radical, picturing peaks. It is the meaning core: pictures a mountain rising steep and unshakable, the source of its 'stand firm' sense.
phonetic
to beg
Supplies the sound, qǐ shifting to yì. Its 'beg' meaning plays no role here; it works purely as the phonetic part of the character.

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