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verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to extend toward; on toward (a direction)
  2. 2 (in 迤逦) meandering; winding along

Examples

HSK 3
Dàolù yǐlǐ, tōngxiàng shēnshān.
The road meandered on, leading deep into the mountains.
HSK 7-9
Yǐ běi zǒu biàn dào lǎo chéngqiáng.
Heading on toward the north you reach the old city wall.

Tips

usage
The yǐ reading appears in 迤逦 (winding along, of a road or procession) and in older directional usage like 迤北 ('on toward the north'). It is less common than the yí reading in 逶迤.

Components

radical
chuò
to walk; path
The walking radical, written last and wrapping the lower left. It marks the character as something about a path or extending along - here a road winding on and on. It groups with , , and .
phonetic
phonetic component
The right-side element, supplying the sound (yě shifting to yí). It works purely as a pronunciation marker; the same element gives and their reading.

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