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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
颐性养寿
yíxìngyǎngshòu
to take care of one's spirit and keep fit (idiom)
颐指气使
yízhǐqìshǐ
lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture
颐指风使
yízhǐfēngshǐ
lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture
颐养天年
yíyǎngtiānnián
to care for oneself for one's allotted life span (idiom); to retire
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,998
- Word Frequency Rank
- 16,331 of 84,292