怡 (yí): harmony, pleased
怡 (yí) is a Chinese character meaning “harmony.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (semantic) and 台 (phonetic). It ranks #2432 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 怡 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- harmony
- pleased
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心旷神怡 | xīn kuàng shén yí | lit. heart untroubled, spirit pleased (idiom) |
| 怡然自得 | yí rán zì dé | happy and content (idiom) |
| 章子怡 | zhāng zǐ yí | Zhang Ziyi (1979-), PRC actress |
| 小作怡情，大作伤身 | xiǎo zuō yí qíng , dà zuō shāng shēn | an occasional display of histrionics can add a playful element to a relationship, but overdoing it can lead to a brea... |
| 百事轻怡 | bǎi shì qīng yí | Diet Pepsi |
| 健怡可乐 | jiàn yí kě lè | Diet Coke |
| 怡保市 | yí bǎo shì | Ipoh city in Malaysia, capital of Sultanate of Perak on Malayan peninsula |
| 怡人 | yí rén | delightful |
| 张怡宁 | zhāng yí níng | Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist |
| 怡然 | yí rán | happy |
| 怡保 | yí bǎo | Ipoh city in Malaysia, capital of Sultanate of Perak on Malayan peninsula |
| 张怡 | zhāng yí | Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing |
| 怡颜悦色 | yí yán yuè sè | happy countenance |
| 周梁淑怡 | zhōu liáng shū yí | Selina Chow (Chow Liang Shuk-yee) (1945-), Hong Kong politician |
| 怡悦 | yí yuè | pleasant |
怡 appears in 15 compound words: 47 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 20 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 怡 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
听到这个好消息，她怡里充满了喜悦。
yǐn dào zhè gě hǎo xiāo xī , tā yí lǐ chōng mǎn le xǐ yuè .
Upon hearing this good news, she was filled with joy.
陈乐怡:华润啤酒预测市盈率处过去5年偏低水平
chén lè yí : huá rùn pí jiǔ yù cè shì yíng lǜ chǔ guò qù 5 nián piān dī shuǐ píng
Chen Leyi: China Resources Beer's forecast price-earnings ratio is at a low level in the past five years
网热议蓝委亲中却大买台股 吴静怡酸:不是亲中反美怎么买这么凶?
wǎng rè yì lán wěi qīn zhōng què dà mǎi tái gǔ wú jìng yí suān : bù shì qīn zhōng fǎn měi zěn má mǎi zhè má xiōng ?
The Internet is hotly discussed that the Blue Committee is pro-China but buys Taiwan stocks Wu Jingyi is sour: Why is it not pro-China and anti-American?
遭民进党停权 撤销初选资格 陈怡君:往前冲 绿营忧选情添变
zāo mín jìn dǎng tíng quán chè xiāo chū xuǎn zī gé chén yí jūn : wǎng qián chōng lǜ yíng yōu xuǎn qíng tiān biàn
Suspended by the DPP and disqualified from the primary election Chen Yijun: Rushing forward, the green camp is worried about the election situation
“民进党宝宝”陈怡君掰了!绿六都议员初选 3人遭撤销登记
mín jìn dǎng bǎo bǎo chén yí jūn bāi le ! lǜ liù dōu yì yuán chū xuǎn 3 rén zāo chè xiāo dēng jì
"DPP baby" Chen Yijun broke up! Three people in the primary election of the Green Six Metropolitan Councilors were deregistered
屯门宝怡花园获区内客斥1.2万租两房 尺租近29...
tún mén bǎo yí huā yuán huò qū nèi kè chì 1 . 2 wàn zū liǎng fáng chǐ zū jìn 2 9 . . .
Tuen Mun Po Yi Garden was charged 12,000 yuan by customers in the area to rent a two-bedroom apartment with a rent of nearly 29 square feet...
欣怡最近瘦好多喔，是去健身房还是失恋啊？
Xīn yí zuì jìn shòu hǎoduō ō, shì qù jiànshēnfáng háishi shīliàn ā?
Hsin-yi got so much slimmer lately. Is it gym or heartbreak?
怡君她妈超疼她，什么都帮她准备好。
Yí jūn tā mā chāo téng tā, shénme dōu bāng tā zhǔnbèi hǎo.
I-chun's mom spoils her. She prepares everything for her.
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