仪 (yí): apparatus, rites, appearance
仪 (yí) is a Chinese character meaning “apparatus.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (structural) and 义 (phonetic). It ranks #1275 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 仪 is a compound character. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- apparatus
- rites
- appearance
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticThis character is a compound form.
Decomposition: ⿰亻义 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 仪
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 殡仪馆noun | bìn yí guǎn | a funeral home |
| 礼仪noun | lǐ yí | etiquette |
| 扫描仪noun | sǎo miáo yí | scanner (device) |
| 仪表noun | yí biǎo | appearance |
| 心仪verb | xīn yí | to admire |
| 仪表盘noun | yí biǎo pán | dashboard |
| 质谱仪 | zhì pǔ yí | mass spectrometer |
| 地球仪noun | dì qiú yí | globe |
| 仪态noun | yí tài | bearing |
| 殡仪noun | bìn yí | funeral |
| 投影仪noun | tóu yǐng yí | projector |
| 司仪noun | sī yí | master of ceremonies (MC) |
| 仪仗队noun | yí zhàng duì | honor guard |
| 仪容noun | yí róng | appearance |
| 光谱仪noun | guāng pǔ yí | spectrometer |
仪 appears in 88 compound words: 22 as the first character, 64 as the last, and 15 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 仪 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
她仪长得很美，心地也很善良。
tā yí cháng dé hěn měi , xīn dì yě hěn shàn liáng .
She is exceptionally beautiful and has a kind heart.
男生小便后甩一甩是社交礼仪吗?避免滴漏体现个人卫生吗
nán shēng xiǎo biàn hòu shuǎi yī shuǎi shì shè jiāo lǐ yí ma ? bì miǎn dī lòu tǐ xiàn gè rén wèi shēng ma
Is it social etiquette for a boy to shake after urinating? Avoiding dripping reflects personal hygiene
...亮相米兰-科尔蒂纳冬奥会闭幕式运动员入场仪式
. . . liàng xiāng mǐ lán kē ěr dì nà dōng ào huì bì mù shì yùn dòng yuán rù chǎng yí shì
... Appeared at the entrance ceremony of the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics
【直播】川普出席“天使家庭”纪念仪式
zhí bō chuān pǔ chū xí tiān shǐ jiā tíng jì niàn yí shì
Trump attended the "Angel Family" commemorative ceremony
...文化中心2026新春招待会暨部省合作启动仪式举行
. . . wén huà zhōng xīn 2 0 2 6 xīn chūn zhāo dài huì jì bù shěng gě zuò qǐ dòng yí shì jǔ háng
... The 2026 New Year Reception of the Cultural Center and the launching ceremony of ministerial and provincial cooperation were held
...外貌有变否认做医美疗程 开心被网民指跟阿仪越来越似 黄夏蕙等收遗产开老人院
. . . wài mào yǒu biàn fǒu rèn zuò yī měi liáo chéng kāi xīn bèi wǎng mín zhǐ gēn ā yí yuè lái yuè sì huáng xià 蕙 děng shōu yí chǎn kāi lǎo rén yuàn
... The appearance has changed, denying medical beauty treatment, and is happy to be pointed out by netizens that it is becoming more and more similar to Ah Yi, and Huang Xiahui and others have received inheritance to open a nursing home
汤姆，你能教玛丽用扫描仪吗？
Tāngmǔ, nǐ néng jiāo Mǎlì yòng sǎomiáoyí ma?
Tom, can you show Mary how to use the scanner?
一个神圣的仪式在庄严的庙宇中举行。
Yī gè shénshèng de yíshì zài zhuāngyán de miàoyǔ zhōng jǔxíng.
A sacred ritual took place in the magnificent temple.
我上个月组织了一个结婚仪式。
Wǒ shànggèyuè zǔzhī le yī gè jiéhūn yíshì.
I held a wedding ceremony last month.
那是一个十分传统的仪式。
Nàshi yī gè shífēn chuántǒng de yíshì.
It was a very traditional ceremony.
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