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(Bushou)		 丿
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义 yì justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship
Results beginning with 义
义务 yì wù duty / obligation / CL:項|项[xiang4] / volunteer (work etc)
义工 yì gōng volunteer worker / volunteer work
义气 yì qì spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice / code of brotherhood / also pr. [yi4 qi5]
义父 yì fù adoptive father
义卖 yì mài jumble sale (for good cause) / charity bazaar
义军 yì jūn volunteer army
义士 yì shì high-minded and righteous person / patriot / loyalist
义演 yì yǎn benefit performance / charity show
义子 yì zǐ adopted son
义愤 yì fèn righteous indignation / moral indignation
义女 yì nu:3 adopted daughter
义勇 yì yǒng courageous in fighting for a just cause
义齿 yì chǐ artificial tooth
义经 yì jīng Yoshitsune
义行 yì xíng righteous deed
义母 yì mǔ adoptive mother
义肢 yì zhī artificial limb / prosthesis
义脚  foot piece
义股  thigh pylon / thigh-piece pylon / thigh section
义交 yì jiāo traffic auxiliary police (Tw)
义警 yì jǐng vigilante / volunteer (police)
义胫 yì jìng pylon / leg shaft
义理 yì lǐ doctrine (esp. religious) / argumentation (in a speech or essay)
义马 Yì mǎ Yima, county-level city in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡[San1 men2 xia2], Henan
义怒 yì nù righteous anger
义人 yì rén righteous man
义乌 Yì wū Yiwu, county-level city in Jinhua 金華|金华[Jin1 hua2], Zhejiang
义县 Yì xiàn Yi county in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning
义项 yì xiàng sense (of a word)
义学 yì xué free school (old)
义译 yì yì formation of a loanword using a combination of characters or words that suggests its meaning (as opposed to transliteration 音譯|音译[yin1 yi4]) (e.g. 超文本[chao1 wen2 ben3], 火車|火车[huo3 che1])
义诊 yì zhěn to provide free medical treatment / to provide medical treatment, donating consultation fees to a charitable cause
义冢 yì zhǒng potter's field / pauper's grave
义竹 Yì zhú Yizhu or Ichu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
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义大利 Yì dà lì (Tw) Italy / Italian
义勇军 yì yǒng jūn volunteer army
义和团 Yì hé tuán the Righteous and Harmonious Fists / the Boxers (history)
义父母 yì fù mǔ adoptive parents
义和乱 yì hé luàn the Boxer uprising
义和拳 Yì hé quán the Righteous and Harmonious Fists / the Boxers (history)
义卖会 yì mài huì bazaar
义马市 Yì mǎ shì Yima, county-level city in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡[San1 men2 xia2], Henan
义乌市 Yì wū shì Yiwu, county-level city in Jinhua 金華|金华[Jin1 hua2], Zhejiang
义县龙 Yì xiàn lóng Yixianosaurus, genus of theropod dinosaur from Yi county 義縣|义县, Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, west Liaoning
义竹乡 Yì zhú xiāng Yizhu or Ichu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
义务教育 yì wù jiào yù compulsory education
义无反顾 yì wú fǎn gù honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom) / duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts
义不容辞 yì bù róng cí not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom) / incumbent / bounden (duty)
义愤填膺 yì fèn tián yīng righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom) / to feel indignant at injustice
义薄云天 yì bó yún tiān supremely honorable and righteous
义愤填胸 yì fèn tián xiōng righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom) / to feel indignant at injustice
义正辞严 yì zhèng cí yán to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness (idiom)
义踝关节 yì huái guān jié ankle piece
义结金兰 yì jié jīn lán to be close friends
义务投票 yì wù tóu piào compulsory voting
义之所在 yì zhī suǒ zài justice is to be found everywhere (idiom)
义和团运动 Yì hé tuán Yùn dòng Boxer Rebellion
义务承担人  duty bearer
义务工作者 yì wù gōng zuò zhě volunteer / voluntary worker
义务受益人 yì wù shòu yì rén duty holder
义勇军进行曲 Yì yǒng jūn Jìn xíng qǔ March of the Volunteer Army (PRC National Anthem)
义务投票强制投票  compulsory voting
Approximate Results for 义
意义 yì yì sense / meaning / significance / importance / CL:個|个[ge4]
主义 zhǔ yì -ism / ideology
定义 dìng yì definition / to define
含义 hán yì meaning (implicit in a phrase) / implied meaning / hidden meaning / hint / connotation
名义 míng yì name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose
正义 zhèng yì justice / righteousness / just / righteous
起义 qǐ yì uprising / insurrection / revolt
讲义 jiǎng yì teaching materials
遵义 Zūn yì Zunyi prefecture-level city in Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]
广义 guǎng yì broad sense / general sense
演义 yǎn yì to dramatize historical events / novel or play on historical theme
嘉义 Jiā yì Chiayi, a city and county in west Taiwan
道义 dào yì morality / righteousness and justice
释义 shì yì the meaning of sth / an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases / definition / an interpretation (of doctrine) / religious doctrine
信义 xìn yì good faith / honor / trust and justice
情义 qíng yì affection / comradeship
仁义 rén yi affable and even-tempered
仁义 rén yì benevolence and righteousness
涵义 hán yì content / meaning / connotation / implication
侠义 xiá yì chivalrous / chivalry / knight-errantry
仗义 zhàng yì to uphold justice / to be loyal (to one's friends) / to stick by
大义 dà yì righteousness / virtuous cause / a woman's marriage / main points of a piece of writing
教义 jiào yì creed / doctrine / teachings
狭义 xiá yì narrow sense / restricted sense
不义 bù yì injustice
忠义 zhōng yì loyal and righteous / fealty / loyalty
疑义 yí yì a doubtful point
语义 yǔ yì meaning of words / semantic
词义 cí yì meaning of a word
结义 jié yì to swear brotherhood
要义 yào yì the essentials
歧义 qí yì ambiguity / several possible meanings
本义 běn yì original meaning / literal sense
同义 tóng yì synonymous
就义 jiù yì to be killed for a righteous cause / to die a martyr
字义 zì yì meaning of a character
贬义 biǎn yì derogatory sense / negative connotation
无义 wú yì without meaning / nonsense / immoral / faithless
精义 jīng yì quintessence / essentials
转义 zhuǎn yì (linguistics) transferred meaning / (computing) to escape
多义 duō yì polysemy / polysemous / ambiguity (linguistics)
反义 fǎn yì antonymous / (genetic) antisense
音义 yīn yì sound and meaning
恩义 ēn yì feelings of gratitude and loyalty
褒义 bāo yì commendatory sense / positive connotation
安义 An1 yì Anyi county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi
崇义 Chóng yì Chongyi county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[Gan4 zhou1], Jiangxi
公义 gōng yì righteousness
巩义 Gǒng yì Gongyi, county-level city in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1], Henan
卦义 guà yì interpretation of the divinatory trigrams
古义 gǔ yì ancient meaning / original or etymological meaning of a word
聚义 jù yì to meet as volunteers for an uprising
来义 Lái yì Laiyi township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
礼义 lǐ yì righteousness / justice
三义 Sān yì Sanyi township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
尚义 Shàng yì Shangyi county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhang1 jia1 kou3], Hebei
顺义 Shùn yì Shunyi district of Beijing, formerly Shunyi county
武义 Wǔ yì Wuyi county in Jinhua 金華|金华[Jin1 hua2], Zhejiang
孝义 Xiào yì Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
兴义 Xīng yì Xingyi city in Guizhou, capital of Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州
异义 yì yì differing opinion
原义 yuán yì original meaning
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自定义 zì dìng yì custom / user-defined
有意义 yǒu yì yì to make sense / to have meaning / to have significance / meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting
名义上 míng yì shàng nominally
讲义气 jiǎng yì qì to be loyal (to one's friends) / to value loyalty
同义词 tóng yì cí synonym
反义词 fǎn yì cí antonym
近义词 jìn yì cí synonym / close equivalent expression
下定义 xià dìng yì to define
傅作义 Fù Zuò yì Fu Zuoyi (1895-1974), Guomindang general, subsequently PRC top general and politician
尽义务 jìn yì wù to fulfill one's duty / to work without asking for reward
定义域 dìng yì yù domain (math.)
语义学 yǔ yì xué semantics
刘义庆 Liú Yì qìng Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世說新語|世说新语[Shi4 shuo1 Xin1 yu3]
多义性 duō yì xìng equivocality
多义词 duō yì cí polyseme / polysemous word
教义部  Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
反义链  antisense
安义县 An1 yì xiàn Anyi county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi
比喻义 bǐ yù yì figurative meaning (of a word)
波义耳 Bō yì ěr Boyle (name) / Robert Boyle (1627-91), British and Irish scientist and pioneer chemist
崇义县 Chóng yì xiàn Chongyi county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[Gan4 zhou1], Jiangxi
反义字 fǎn yì zì character with opposite meaning / antonym / opposite characters
巩义市 Gǒng yì shì Gongyi, county-level city in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1], Henan
假借义 jiǎ jiè yì the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jia3 jie4 zi4] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[er2] originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and")
嘉义市 Jiā yì shì Chiayi city in central Taiwan
嘉义县 Jiā yì xiàn Jiayi or Chiayi County in west Taiwan
季铭义 jì míng yì Ji
来义乡 Lái yì xiāng Laii township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
毛主义 Máo zhǔ yì Maoism
赛义迪 Sài yì dí Said or Sayed (Arabic name)
三义乡 Sān yì xiāng Sanyi township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
尚义县 Shàng yì xiàn Shangyi county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhang1 jia1 kou3], Hebei
顺义区 Shùn yì qū Shunyi district of Beijing, formerly Shunyi county
同义语 tóng yì yǔ synonym
同义字 tóng yì zì synonym
王义夫 Wáng Yì fū Wang Yifu (1960-), male PRC pistol shooter and Olympic medalist
无信义 wú xìn yì in bad faith / false / perfidious
武义县 Wǔ yì xiàn Wuyi county in Jinhua 金華|金华[Jin1 hua2], Zhejiang
消歧义 xiāo qí yì to remove ambiguity / disambiguation (in Wikipedia)
孝义市 Xiào yì shì Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
兴义市 Xīng yì shì Xingyi city in Guizhou, capital of Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州
信义区 Xìn yì qū Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan / Hsinyi District of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 shi4], Taiwan
信义乡 Xìn yì xiāng Xinyi or Hsinyi Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan
引申义 yǐn shēn yì extended meaning (of an expression) / derived sense
预定义 yù dìng yì predefined
正义党 Zhèng yì dǎng Justicialist Party
遵义市 Zūn yì shì Zunyi prefecture-level city in Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]
遵义县 Zūn yì xiàn Zunyi county in Zun'yi 遵義|遵义[Zun1 yi4], Guizhou
社会主义 shè huì zhǔ yì socialism
资本主义 zī běn zhǔ yì capitalism
共产主义 gòng chǎn zhǔ yì communism
爱国主义 ài guó zhǔ yì patriotism
帝国主义 dì guó zhǔ yì imperialism
恐怖主义 kǒng bù zhǔ yì terrorism
顾名思义 gù míng sī yì as the name implies
见义勇为 jiàn yì yǒng wéi to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects) / to stand up bravely for the truth / acting heroically in a just cause
唯物主义 wéi wù zhǔ yì materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality
现实主义 xiàn shí zhǔ yì realism
人道主义 rén dào zhǔ yì humanism / humanitarian (aid)
民族主义 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 / Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 / (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
自由主义 zì yóu zhǔ yì liberalism
历史意义 lì shǐ yì yì historic significance
天经地义 tiān jīng dì yì lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom) / fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course
民主主义 mín zhǔ zhǔ yì democracy
浪漫主义 làng màn zhǔ yì romanticism
马列主义 Mǎ Liè zhǔ yì Marxism-Leninism
形式主义 xíng shì zhǔ yì Formalism (art)
列宁主义 Liè níng zhǔ yì Leninism
军国主义 jūn guó zhǔ yì militarism
保护主义 bǎo hù zhǔ yì protectionism
个人主义 gè rén zhǔ yì individualism
理想主义 lǐ xiǎng zhǔ yì idealism
集体主义 jí tǐ zhǔ yì collectivism
官僚主义 guān liáo zhǔ yì bureaucracy
忘恩负义 wàng ēn fù yì to forget favors and violate justice (idiom) / ingratitude to a friend / to kick a benefactor in the teeth
实用主义 shí yòng zhǔ yì pragmatism
唯心主义 wéi xīn zhǔ yì philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness
大义凛然 dà yì lǐn rán devotion to righteousness that inspires reverence (idiom)
农民起义 nóng mín qǐ yì peasant revolt
机会主义 jī huì zhǔ yì opportunism / pragmatism
霸权主义 bà quán zhǔ yì hegemonism
见利忘义 jiàn lì wàng yì to see profit and forget morality (idiom) / to act from mercenary considerations / to sell one's soul for gain
封神演义 Fēng shén Yǎn yì Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
种族主义 zhǒng zú zhǔ yì racism
封建主义 fēng jiàn zhǔ yì feudalism
殖民主义 zhí mín zhǔ yì colonialism
人文主义 rén wén zhǔ yì humanism
不义之财 bù yì zhī cái ill-gotten wealth or gains
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