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饴

飴
yí
noun #89,707

Meanings

  1. 1 maltose syrup
  2. 2 malt sugar

Examples

HSK 7-9
饴糖是用麦芽做成的甜糖。
Yí táng shì yòng màiyá zuò chéng de tián táng.
Maltose syrup is a sweet sugar made from malted grain.
HSK 7-9
他甘之如饴。
Tā gānzhīrúyí.
He happily took it on, as sweet as malt sugar.

Tips

usage
饴 is best known from the set phrase 甘之如饴, meaning to endure hardship as gladly as if tasting sweet malt syrup.

Components

radical
饣 shí
food; eat
饣 is the food radical 食 in left-side form. It marks this as something edible, here a sweet syrup made from grain.
phonetic
台 tái
platform
台 supplies the sound, drifted from tái to yí. It is the phonetic element only, the same role it plays in 怡 and 贻.

Stroke Order

饴 yí