以 yǐ — with; by means of; using
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Level 1 · Common HSK 2 #182
yǐ yi3
Basic definition
preposition
Detailed explanation
verb
- (象形。甲骨文字形象。金文字形,象人。本义:用)
- use e.g 以手代足 · 以疏间亲 · 以耳为目 · 以指测河
- take e.g 以彰其慢 · 以介眉寿 · 以夷攻夷
- depend on
- consider as e.g 以众暴寡
- do
noun
- reason
- unoccupied person
- Israel e.g 阿以战争
preposition
- using;taking;by means of e.g 以力服人
- in accordance with;by e.g 以膺大统 · 以天自诿 · 以时
- in
- from e.g 以下 以下之人 · 以繁调简 · 以郄视文
conjunction
Related words
- 可以 can; may; pretty good
- 以及 as well as; and; along with; together with
- 所以 therefore; as a result; so; the reason why; consequently; hence
- 以后 after; afterwards
- 以来 since; ever since
- 以上 more than/above/over/the above-mentioned
- 以前 before; formerly
- 难以 hard to (predict, imagine etc)
- 以为 to think; to suppose
- 以下 below/under/following
- 加以 to take (measures); to apply; to give; to do (to)
- 以外 apart from/other than/except for/external/outside of
- 予以 to give; to apply
- 之所以 (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P
- 得以 so that one can...
- 以往 in the past; before
- 以便 so as to; in order to
- 可以说 it can be said that; one might say; arguably
- 足以 sufficient to; enough to
- 以至 even to; down to; and so on