译 (yì): to translate, to interpret
译 (yì) is a Chinese character meaning “to translate.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic). It ranks #1193 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 译 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- to translate
- to interpret
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticspeech
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 译
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 破译verb | pò yì | to decipher |
| 直译noun | zhí yì | literal translation |
| 译员noun | yì yuán | interpreter |
| 音译verb | yīn yì | transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) |
| 译文noun | yì wén | translated text |
| 编译verb | biān yì | to translate and edit |
| 意译verb | yì yì | meaning (of foreign expression) |
| 译名noun | yì míng | translated names |
| 译本noun | yì běn | translation (translated version of a text) |
| 口译verb | kǒu yì | interpreting |
| 转译verb | zhuǎn yì | to translate (to another language) |
| 译码器 | yì mǎ qì | decoder |
| 同声传译noun | tóng shēng chuán yì | simultaneous interpretation |
| 同步口译 | tóng bù kǒu yì | simultaneous interpretation (Tw) |
| 音意合译 | yīn yì hé yì | formation of a loanword using some characters (or words) chosen for their meaning and others for phonetic transcripti... |
译 appears in 56 compound words: 29 as the first character, 57 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 译 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
请译细阅读合同条款，再签字确认。
qǐng yì xì yuè dòu gě tóng tiáo kuǎn , zài qiān zì què rèn .
Please carefully review the contract terms before signing to confirm.
【许润元译着】桥艺哲学家(13)
xǔ rùn yuán yì zhe qiáo yì zhé xué jiā ( 1 3 )
[Translated and edited by Xu Runyuan] The Philosopher of Bridge (13)
亚美联盟启动“翻译合作社” 强化口译服务
yà měi lián méng qǐ dòng fān yì gě zuò shè qiáng huà kǒu yì fú wù
Asia-America Alliance Launches "Translation Cooperative" to Enhance Interpretation Services
吴晟作品首度被翻译成日文出版!日译者来台分享会
wú 晟 zuò pǐn shǒu dù bèi fān yì chéng rì wén chū bǎn ! rì yì zhě lái tái fēn xiǎng huì
Wu Sheng's Works Published in Japanese for the First Time! Japanese Translator to Hold a Sharing Session in Taiwan
谷歌翻译引入 Gemini AI 功能,提供同义...
gǔ gē fān yì yǐn rù G e m i n i A I gōng néng , tí gōng tóng yì . . .
Google Translate introduces Gemini AI features to provide synonymous...
黄国昌当李四川副手?周榆修批“外界超译”:新北合作应全民调
huáng guó chāng dāng lǐ sì chuān fù shǒu ? zhōu 榆 xiū pī wài jiè chāo yì : xīn běi gě zuò yīng quán mín diào
Huang Guochang as Li Sichuan's deputy? Zhou Yuxiu criticized the "external supertranslation": New Taipei cooperation should be polled by the whole people
我叔叔让我担任翻译。
Wǒ shūshu ràng wǒ dānrèn fānyì.
My uncle had me act as a translator.
翻译是欧洲的语言。
Fānyì shì ōuzhōu de yǔyán.
Translation is the language of Europe.
汤姆把文档译成法语。
Tāngmǔ bǎ wéndàng yìchéng Fǎyǔ.
Tom translated the document into French.
你再出个句子让我翻译翻译，好吗？
Nǐ zài chū gè jùzi ràng wǒ fānyì fānyì, hǎo ma?
Can you give me another sentence to translate?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 讠 (speech) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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