以
yǐ
Pinyin

Definition

以
 - 
yǐ
  1. to use
  2. by means of
  3. according to
  4. in order to
  5. because of
  6. at (a certain date or place)
以
 - 
Yǐ
  1. abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yǐ sè liè]
以 (㠯)
 - 
yǐ
  1. old variant of 以[yǐ]
以 (㕥)
 - 
yǐ
  1. old variant of 以[yǐ]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (8)

似
shì
  1. 1 see also: 似的 shì de
似
sì
  1. 1 to seem
  2. 2 to appear
  3. 3 to resemble
  4. 4 similar
  5. 5 -like
  6. 6 pseudo-
  7. 7 (more) than
似
sì
  1. 1 old variant of 似[sì]
拟
nǐ
  1. 1 doubtful
  2. 2 suspicious
  3. 3 variant: 拟 nǐ
  4. 4 to emulate
  5. 5 to imitate
拟
nǐ
  1. 1 to plan to
  2. 2 to draft (a plan)
  3. 3 to imitate
  4. 4 to assess
  5. 5 to compare
  6. 6 pseudo-

Related Words (20)

以
yǐ
  1. 1 old variant of 以[yǐ]
以后
yǐ hòu
  1. 1 after
  2. 2 later
  3. 3 afterwards
  4. 4 following
  5. 5 later on
  6. 6 in the future
可以
kě yǐ
  1. 1 can
  2. 2 may
  3. 3 possible
  4. 4 able to
  5. 5 not bad
  6. 6 pretty good
所以
suǒ yǐ
  1. 1 therefore
  2. 2 as a result
  3. 3 so
  4. 4 the reason why
之所以
zhī suǒ yǐ
  1. 1 the reason why

Idioms (20)

一则以喜，一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. 2 in a nutshell
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不以为然
bù yǐ wéi rán
  1. 1 not to accept as correct (idiom); to object
  2. 2 to disapprove
  3. 3 to take exception to
不以规矩，不能成方圆
bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán
  1. 1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules

Sample Sentences

嗯…第五条这里，交货日期可以提早一点吗？
en …dì wǔ tiáo zhèlǐ ，jiāohuò rìqī kěyǐ tízǎo yìdiǎn ma ？
Emm...about Article five, could you make the product delivery date slightly earlier?
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早点交货，早点上架，就可以早点收钱啊。
zǎodiǎn jiāohuò ，zǎodiǎn shàngjià ，jiù kěyǐ zǎodiǎn shōu qián a 。
The sooner you deliver the products, the sooner we launch them, and the sooner we can make money.
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看在我们第一次合作的份上，可以给您这个价钱。
kàn zài wǒmen dìyīcì hézuò de fèn shàng ，kěyǐ gěi nín zhège jiàqian 。
For the sake of our first cooperation, I could offer you a price like this.
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很多老一辈的中国人喜欢听相声，尤其是郭德纲先生的。说起郭德纲，他不只相声厉害，还熟悉各种戏曲，所以很多人想成为他的学生呢。
hěnduō lǎoyībèi de Zhōngguó rén xǐhuan tīng xiàngsheng ，yóuqí shì Guōdégāng xiānsheng de 。shuōqǐ Guōdégāng ，tā bù zhǐ xiàngsheng lìhai ，hái shúxī gèzhǒng xìqǔ ，suǒyǐ hěnduō rén xiǎng chéngwéi tā de xuésheng ne 。
Many older Chinese like to listen to cross talk, especially Mr. Guo Degang’s. Speaking of Guo Degang, he is not only good at cross talk, but also familiar with various operas, so many people want to be his students.
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我有个护士朋友说是家长想要女婿了，所以想认识认识新朋友。但是她可挑剔了，她开出来的征友条件，让人看了都傻眼。
wǒ yǒu ge hùshi péngyou shuō shì jiāzhǎng xiǎngyào nǚxu le ，suǒyǐ xiǎng rènshi rènshi Xīn péngyou 。dànshì tā kě tiāoti le ，tā kāi chūlái de zhēngyǒu tiáojiàn ，ràng rén kàn le dōu shǎyǎn 。
I have a nurse friend who says that her parents want a son-in-law, so she wants to meet new friends. But she’s very picky, and her list of boyfriend criteria is really shocking.
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好吧，我试试，我可以的。
hǎo ba ，wǒ shì shì ，wǒ kěyǐ de 。
Alright, I’ll try my best. I can do it.
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这碗面加热就可以吃了。
zhè wǎn miàn jiārè jiù kěyǐ chī le 。
Just reheat the noodles, and you can eat them.
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老板，牛肉面可以加大吗？
lǎobǎn ，niúròumiàn kěyǐ jiādà ma ？
Boss, can I have a larger portion of the beef noodles?
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五点，你可以准时到吗？
wǔdiǎn ，nǐ kěyǐ zhǔnshí dào ma ？
At five, can you make it on time?
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咱们吃饭不谈公事，只谈交情。这以后再说。
zánmen chīfàn bù tán gōngshì ，zhǐ tán jiāoqing 。zhè yǐhòu zàishuō 。
Let’s not talk about the business, but build the relationship during the meal. I'll see these later.
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