Chinese Homonyms
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- 时
- shí o'clock/time/when/hour/season/period
- 依
- yī according to/depend on/near to
- 食
- shí/sì animal feed/eat/food, to feed
- 使
- shǐ to make/to cause/to enable/to use/to employ/messenger
- 失
- shī to lose/to miss/to fail
- 试
- shì to test/to try/experiment/examination/test
- 味
- wèi taste
- 危
- wēi danger/to endanger
- 利
- lì advantage/benefit/profit/sharp
- 义
- yì justice/righteousness/meaning
- 微
- wēi micro/tiny/miniature
- 理
- lǐ reason/logic/science/inner principle or structure
- 医
- yī medical/medicine/doctor/to cure/to treat
- 衣
- yī/yì clothes, gown/to dress/to wear
- 立
- lì set up/to stand
- 势
- shì conditions/influence/tendency
- 维
- wéi to preserve/to maintain/to hold together/dimension
- 师
- shī a division (milit.)/teacher/master/expert/model
- 议
- yì criticize/discuss
- 力
- lì power/force/strength
- 卫
- wèi to guard/to protect/to defend/(surname)
- 伊
- yī he/she/(surname)/Iraq (abbrev.)
- 一
- yī one/1/single/a(n)
- 委
- wēi/wěi crooked, give up/indeed/to commission
- 世
- shì life/age/generation/era/world/lifetime
- 历
- lì calendar, to experience/to undergo/to pass through/all/each/every/calendar
- 例
- lì example/precedent/rule/case/instance
- 遗
- yí to lose/to leave behind
- 里
- lǐ inside/internal/interior, village/within/inside, Chinese mile/neighborhood/li, a Chinese unit of length = one-half kilometer/hometown
- 围
- wéi to circle/to surround
- 易
- yì (surname)/change/easy/simple
- 视
- shì to look at/to regard/to inspect
- 丽
- lí/lì Korea, beautiful
- 已
- yǐ already/to stop/then/afterwards
- 谓
- wèi speak of
- 室
- shì room
- 离
- lí to leave/to depart/to go away/from
- 是
- shì is/are/am/yes/to be
- 疑
- yí to doubt/to misbelieve/to suspect
- 益
- yì benefit/increase
- 为
- wéi/wèi act as/take...to be/to be/to do/to serve as/to become, because of/for/to
- 释
- shì explain/to release
- 适
- shì to fit/to suit
- 异
- yì (interj.)/raise/to stop, different/unusual/strange
- 未
- wèi 1-3 p.m./8th earthly branch/not yet/did not/have not/not
- 式
- shì type/form/pattern/style
- 以
- yǐ to use/according to/so as to/in order to/by/with/because/Israel (abbrev.)
- 市
- shì market/city
- 温
- wēn (luke)warm/to review
- 实
- shí real/true/honest/really/solid
- 示
- shì to show/reveal
- 十
- shí ten/10
- 艺
- yì skill/art
- 始
- shǐ begin
- 位
- wèi position/location/(measure word for persons)/place/seat
- 礼
- lǐ gift/propriety/rite
- 亦
- yì also
- 移
- yí to move/to shift/to change/to alter/to remove
- 士
- shì scholar/warrior/knight
- 意
- yì idea/meaning/wish/desire/(abbr.) Italy
- 威
- wēi power/might/prestige
- 识
- shí/zhì to know/knowledge, to record/write a footnote
- 李
- lǐ (a surname)/plum
- 史
- shǐ history
- 事
- shì matter/thing/item/work/affair