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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)

所以
suǒyǐ
therefore
HSK 2
以律
Yǐlǚ
Eluid (son of Achim)
足以
zúyǐ
sufficient to...
HSK 6
得以
déyǐ
able to
巴以
BāYǐ
Palestinian-Israeli (relations)
予以
yǔyǐ
to give
致以
zhìyǐ
to express
赖以
làiyǐ
to rely on
辅以
fǔyǐ
supplemented by
以免
yǐmiǎn
in order to avoid
HSK 6
报以
bàoyǐ
to give in return
给以
gěiyǐ
to give
冠以
guànyǐ
to label
何以
héyǐ
whence
以期
yǐqī
in order to
以军
yǐjūn
Israeli soldiers
藉以
jièyǐ
variant of [[借以<jièyǐ>]]
以上
yǐshàng
that level or higher
以为
yǐwéi
to believe
HSK 4
以西
yǐxī
to the west of (suffix)

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