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颐
頤
yí
1.
cheek
2.
lower cheek
3.
chin
4.
jaw
5.
to nourish
Common • Top 19%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (15)
伙颐
huǒyí
variant of [[夥頤|夥颐<huǒyí>]]
夥颐
huǒyí
very many
朵颐
duǒyí
to move the jaw
程颐
ChéngYí
Cheng Yi (1033-1107), Song neo-Confucian scholar
解颐
jiěyí
to smile
颐指
yízhǐ
to order with the chin
颐养
yíyǎng
to look after one's health
周敦颐
ZhōuDūnyí
Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073), Song dynasty neo-Confucian scholar
颐和园
yíhéyuán
Summer Palace in Beijing
大块朵颐
dàkuàiduǒyí
to chew on a large slab (idiom); a large mouthful is hard to chew
大快朵颐
dàkuàiduǒyí
to gorge oneself
颐养天年
yíyǎngtiānnián
to care for oneself for one's allotted life span (idiom); to retire
颐指风使
yízhǐfēngshǐ
lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture
颐指气使
yízhǐqìshǐ
lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture
颐性养寿
yíxìngyǎngshòu
to take care of one's spirit and keep fit (idiom)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,998
- Word Frequency Rank
- 16,331 of 84,292