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宜
yí
1. proper
2. should
3. suitable
4. appropriate
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

宜
yí
fitting, proper, right; what one should do
HSK 2 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

不宜
bùyí
not suitable
事宜
shìyí
matters
便宜
biànyí
convenient
HSK 2
便宜
piányi
small advantages
HSK 2
信宜
Xìnyí
Xinyi county level city in Maoming [[茂名]], Guangdong
允宜
yǔnyí
appropriate
分宜
Fēnyí
Fenyi county in Xinyu [[新餘|新余<Xīnyú>]], Jiangxi
合宜
héyí
appropriate
失宜
shīyí
inappropriate
宜都
Yídū
Yidu county level city in Yichang [[宜昌<Yíchāng>]], Hubei
宜人
yírén
nice
宜君
Yíjūn
Yijun County in Tongchuan [[銅川|铜川<Tóngchuān>]], Shaanxi
宜城
Yíchéng
Yicheng county level city in Xiangfan [[襄樊<Xiāngfán>]], Hubei
宜家
Yíjiā
IKEA, Swedish furniture retailer
宜居
yíjū
livable
宜山
Yíshān
former Yishan county and town, now called Yizhou [[宜州<Yízhōu>]] in Hechi [[河池<Héchí>]], Guangxi
宜川
Yíchuān
Yichuan county in Yan'an [[延安<Yánān>]], Shaanxi
宜州
Yízhōu
Yizhou county level city in Hechi [[河池<Héchí>]], Guangxi
宜昌
Yíchāng
Yichang prefecture level city in Hubei
宜春
Yíchūn
Yichun prefecture level city in Jiangxi

Alternate Entries

宜
Yí
surname Yi

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
1,289
Word Frequency Rank
4,369 of 84,292