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以
yǐ
1. to use
2. according to
3. so as to
4. by means of
5. in order to
6. by
7. with
8. because
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

以
yǐ
according to; so as to; because of; then
HSK 2 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

予以
yǔyǐ
to give
以上
yǐshàng
that level or higher
以下
yǐxià
that level or lower
以来
yǐlái
since (a previous event)
HSK 5
以便
yǐbiàn
so that
HSK 6
以免
yǐmiǎn
in order to avoid
HSK 6
以内
yǐnèi
within
以前
yǐqián
before
HSK 3
以北
yǐběi
to the north of (suffix)
以南
yǐnán
to the south of (suffix)
以及
yǐjí
as well as
HSK 5
以埃
YǐĀi
Israel-Egypt
以外
yǐwài
apart from
以太
yǐtài
Ether-
以往
yǐwǎng
in the past
HSK 6
以律
Yǐlǚ
Eluid (son of Achim)
以后
yǐhòu
after
以撒
Yǐsǎ
Isaac (son of Abraham)
以叙
YǐXù
Israel-Syria
以期
yǐqī
in order to

Example Sentences (1)

经理您放心，我一定以最快的速度完成。不过咱们真的应该再多招聘几个服务员了。
Jīnglǐ nín fàngxīn, wǒ yídìng yǐ zuì kuài de sùdù wánchéng. Búguò zánmen zhēn de yīnggāi zài duō zhāopìn jǐ gè fúwùyuán le.
Manager, please rest assured, I will finish as quickly as possible. But we really should hire a few more servers.
Text 2

Alternate Entries

以
yǐ
old variant of [[以<yǐ>]]
HSK 4
以
yǐ
old variant of [[以<yǐ>]]
HSK 4
以
Yǐ
abbr. for Israel [[以色列<Yǐsèliè>]]
HSK 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
22
Word Frequency Rank
156 of 84,292