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• 恨頭 — hêng6 tao5: bear a grudge, hold a grudge
• 幸運 — hêng6 ung7: lucky, fortunate
• 倖 — hêng6: to favor; to dote on
• 幸 — hêng6: fortunate, lucky
• 杏 — hêng6: apricot
• 現現 — hêng7 hêng7: obviously; plainly; clearly, readily available
• 現銀 — hêng7 ngêng5: cash; ready money, silver dollar (historical)
• 依次 — i1 ce3: in order, in succession, one by one
• 衣車 — i1 cia1: sewing machine
• 依據 — i1 ge6: according to, on the basis of, basis
• 衣錦榮歸 — i1 gim2 iong5 gui1: to return home a success, to return home in glory
• 依舊 — i1 gu7: as before, still, as always
• 衣冠禽獸 — i1 guang1 kim5 siu3: beast in human attire, immoral or despicable person
• 依法 — i1 huag4: according to law, in accordance with the law
• 依依不捨 — i1 i1 bug4 sia3: reluctant to part, loath to leave
• 伊朗 — i1 lang6: Iran
• 依賴 — i1 nai6: to rely on, to depend on
• 伊人 — i1 nang5: they, them
• 伊儂 — i1 nang5: they
• 衣字爿 — i1 ri7 boin5: the character component/radical 礻
• 依然 — i1 riang5: still, as before
• 伊始 — i1 si2: to begin, to start, beginning (of a period)
• 於是 — i1 si6: so, therefore, thereupon
• 依託 — i1 toh4: to rely on, to depend on
• 依照 — i1 ziou3: according to, in accordance with
• 伊 — i1: he, she, it, him, her
• 依 — i1: to lean on, to rely on, to comply with
• 於 — i1: in; at; on, than, from
• 漪 — i1: ripple (short for 漣漪)
• 犄 — i1: castrated male bovine (historical), alternative form of 猗
• 衣 — i1: garment; clothes; clothing
• 倚重 — i2 dong6: to rely heavily on; to count on
• 以前 — i2 zoin5: earlier times; formerly; previously
• 意味著 — i3 bhi7 dioh8: to mean, to signify, to imply
• 意味 — i3 bhi7: significance, meaning, implication
• 意大利 — i3 dai6 li6: Italy
• 意中人 — i3 dang1 nang5: one's beloved, the person one has in mind
• 意外 — i3 ghua7: unexpected, accidental, accident
• 意見 — i3 giêng3: opinion; idea; view; suggestion, objection; different opinion
• 意境 — i3 gêng2: artistic conception, mood, ambience
• 意向 — i3 hiang3: intention, purpose, inclination
• 意氣 — i3 ki3: spirit, enthusiasm, disposition
• 意料 — i3 liao7: to anticipate, to expect
• 意義 — i3 ngi6: meaning, sense, significance
• 意思 — i3 se3: meaning, sense, interesting; fun
• 意識 — i3 sêg4: consciousness, awareness
• 意志 — i3 zi3: will, determination, volition
• 意譯 — i3 êg8: to translate freely, to translate by meaning (calque)
• 意 — i3: meaning, intention, idea
• 翳 — i3: to hide; to conceal, to shade; to screen
• 肄 — i3: to practice; to study
• 謚 — i3: posthumous name
• 鐿 — i3: ytterbium (chemical element)
• E — i5: the Latin letter E (as used in Chinese)
• 胰島素 — i5 dao2 su3: insulin
• 姨丈 — i5 dion6: uncle (husband of mother's sister)
• 移動 — i5 dong6: to move; to shift; to transfer
• 姨囝 — i5 gian2: wife's younger sister, concubine
• 移風易俗 — i5 hong1 êg8 sog8: to change prevailing habits and customs; to transform social traditions
• 移花接木 — i5 huê1 ziab4 bhag8: to graft one thing onto another, to stealthily substitute one thing for another
• 夷 — i5: barbarian, foreigner, non-Han tribe (classical, derogatory)
• 姨 — i5: maternal aunt, mother's sister
• 彝 — i5: ritual vessel, rule; convention, Yi (ethnic group)
• 怡 — i5: cheerful, happy, joyous
• 移 — i5: to move; to shift, to transplant
• 胰 — i5: pancreas
• 貽 — i5: to give as a present; to bequeath (obsolete, literary)
• 異國 — i6 gog4: foreign country
• 異鄉 — i6 hiên1: foreign land
• 異化 — i6 huê3: to alienate, to dissimilate, to foreignize
• 異樣 — i6 ion7: different, unusual; peculiar
• 異物 — i6 muêh8: foreign body; foreign object, strange thing
• 異議 — i6 ngi2: objection; dissent; dissenting view
• 異常 — i6 sion5: abnormal, unusual, extraordinary
• 異性 — i6 sên3: the opposite sex
• 懿 — i6: virtuous, admirable; esteemed
• 異 — i6: different, unusual, strange
• 裔 — i6: descendant, posterity
• 野豬 — ia2 de1: wild boar
• 野外 — ia2 ghua7: open country, outdoors, wilderness
• 野雞 — ia2 goi1: pheasant, (slang) streetwalker
• 野樣 — ia2 iên7: ugly, unattractive, unsightly
• 野蠻 — ia2 mang5: savage, barbaric, uncivilised
• 野心 — ia2 sim1: wild ambition, careerism
• 野獸 — ia2 siu3: wild animal, wild beast
• 野生動物 — ia2 sên1 dong6 muêh8: wildlife, wild animal
• 野生 — ia2 sên1: wild, undomesticated
• 野戰軍 — ia2 ziang3 gung1: field army
• 冶 — ia2: to smelt (metal)
• 野 — ia2: wild; untamed, rustic; rural; unrefined
• 椰胡 — ia5 hu5: yehu (coconut-shell bowed fiddle)
• 耶路撒冷 — ia5 lou7 sag4 lêng2: Jerusalem
• 耶穌基督 — ia5 sou1 gi1 dog4: Jesus Christ
• 耶穌會 — ia5 sou1 huê6: Society of Jesus, the Jesuits
• 耶穌 — ia5 sou1: Jesus
• 椰漿 — ia5 ziên1: coconut milk
• 椰 — ia5: coconut
• 爺 — ia5: father (dialectal), grandfather, sir (term of address for an elderly man)
• 邪 — ia5: alternative form of 耶 (sentence-final interrogative particle)
• 也許 — ia7 he2: perhaps, maybe, possibly
• 也 — ia7: also; too; as well, if
• 夜 — ia7: night
• 壓力 — iab4 lag8: pressure, stress
• 壓載 — iab4 zai3: ballast, ship's load
• 壓制 — iab4 zi3: to suppress, to repress, to inhibit
• 壓 — iab4: to press; to push down, to suppress; to control
• 靨 — iab4: dimple
• 蛺蝶 — iab8 diab8: butterfly, Nymphalidae (butterfly family)
• 葉 — iab8: leaf
• 躍然 — iag4 riang5: vivid, lively
• 爍 — iag4: to glisten; to glimmer
• 籥 — iag4: ancient ritual bamboo flute (archaic), lock and key (literary)
• 約 — iag4: to make an appointment; to arrange, about; approximately, treaty; contract
• 躍 — iag4: to jump, to leap
• 鑰 — iag4: key, lock
• 龠 — iag4: yue (ancient bamboo wind instrument), yue (ancient unit of volume)
• 益處 — iah4 cu3: benefit, advantage
• 益友 — iah4 iu2: helpful friend, wise companion, friend and mentor
• 溢奶 — iah4 ni6: to spit up milk (of a baby)
• 益 — iah4: benefit; profit, to increase
• 易經 — iah8 gian1: I Ching, Book of Changes
• 驛 — iah8: relay station (for post horses), station (train/bus)
• 閹雞 — iam1 goi1: capon, castrated rooster
• 閹宦 — iam1 huêng6: eunuch of the imperial court
• 閹人 — iam1 ring5: eunuch, castrated person
• 醃 — iam1: to pickle, to marinate, to cure (food)
• 閹 — iam1: to castrate, to geld, to spay
• 掩護 — iam2 hu6: to cover, to protect, to give covering fire
• 堰塞湖 — iam2 sag4 ou5: landslide dam, quake lake
• 偃 — iam2: to lie down; to flop down, to cease; to stop
• 掩 — iam2: to cover; to hide; to conceal
• 睒 — iam2: to glance, to peek, to peep
• 厭學 — iam3 hag8: to be weary of studying, to be averse to school
• 厭 — iam3: to be fed up with; to grow tired of, to dislike; to detest
• 魘 — iam3: to have a nightmare, to feel pressure on the chest during sleep
• 鹽埕 — iam5 dian5: saltern; saltworks; salt-drying yard
• 鹽鹼地 — iam5 giam2 di7: alkali soil, saline-alkali land
• 鹽花 — iam5 huê1: salt efflorescence
• 鹽田 — iam5 tiang5: salt pan, salt field, saltworks
• 鹽 — iam5: salt
• 灩 — iam7: overflowing, shimmering, wavy
• 炎 — iam7: hot; scorching, to blaze; to burn, inflamed
• 焰 — iam7: flame
• 豔 — iam7: bright and gorgeous; gaudy (of color)
• 影響 — ian2 hiang2: to influence, to affect, to have an effect on
• 影院 — ian2 in7: cinema, movie theater
• 影片 — ian2 piang3: film, movie, video clip
• 影視劇 — ian2 si6 giah8: film and TV drama
• 影視 — ian2 si6: film and television
• 影像 — ian2 sion3: image, portrait, impression
• 影 — ian2: shadow, image, photo
• 營盤 — ian5 buan5: military camp, barracks
• 營養 — ian5 iang2: nutrition, nourishment, nutrients
• 營鑼鼓 — ian5 lo5 gou2: to hold a gong-and-drum parade, to have a luogu procession
• 營業 — ian5 ngiab8: to be open for business, to run a business, to trade
• 營銷 — ian5 siao1: to market, to engage in sales/marketing
• 營造 — ian5 zao6: to build, to construct, to create
• 營 — ian5: camp; barracks; encampment
• 贏 — ian5: to win, to triumph, to defeat
• 殃及 — iang1 gib8: to bring disaster upon, to afflict
• 央 — iang1: to beg; to plead; to implore
• 殃 — iang1: disaster, misfortune, calamity
• 燕 — iang1: Yan (ancient state/kingdom of the Zhou dynasty), Yan (a surname)
• 遠方 — iang2 huang1: far-away place, distant location
• 氧化 — iang2 huê3: to oxidize
• 養育 — iang2 iog8: to raise, to bring up, to foster
• 養老 — iang2 lao2: to support the elderly, to retire and enjoy old age
• 遠離 — iang2 li5: to be far from, to keep away from, to stay out of
• 養殖 — iang2 sêg4: to breed, to raise (animals), to farm (aquaculture)
• 養成 — iang2 sêng5: to form (a habit), to cultivate, to develop
• 氧 — iang2: oxygen
• 映射 — iang3 sia7: to reflect; to mirror, mapping (mathematics, noun sense)
• 映 — iang3: to reflect (light), to shine, to project (film)
• 陽光 — iang5 guang1: sunlight, sunshine, sunbeam
• 洋灰 — iang5 huê1: cement
• 楊柳 — iang5 liu2: willow, poplar and willow
• 陽曆 — iang5 lêh8: solar calendar, Gregorian calendar
• 揚言 — iang5 ngang5: to threaten (to do something), to declare openly; to make widely known
• 陽性 — iang5 sên3: positive (medical test result)
• 陽臺 — iang5 tai5: balcony
• 揚州 — iang5 ziu1: Yangzhou (city in Jiangsu, China)
• 洋溢 — iang5 êg4: to be permeated with, to brim with
• 揚 — iang5: to raise; to lift, to make known; to spread
• 瘍 — iang5: sore; ulcer; carbuncle
• 陽 — iang5: yang (opposite of yin), sun
• 延誤 — iang6 ghou7: to delay, to incur loss through delay
• 延期 — iang6 ki5: to postpone, to defer, to extend
• 羨慕 — iang6 mo6: to envy, to be jealous of, to admire
• 延時 — iang6 si5: to delay, to defer, to put off
• 延伸 — iang6 sing1: to extend, to stretch, to spread
• 延續 — iang6 sog8: to continue, to go on, to last
• 延 — iang6: to prolong; to extend, to delay; to postpone
• 漾 — iang6: to ripple; to undulate, to overflow, to sway
• 烊 — iang6: to close up (a shop) for the day (bound form, used in 打烊)
• 羨 — iang6: to envy; to admire
• 邀請 — iao1 cian2: to invite, to ask (someone to come)
• 要挾 — iao1 hiab8: to threaten, to blackmail, to coerce
• 夭 — iao1: to die young; to die prematurely
• 妖 — iao1: monster, demon, evil spirit
• 幺 — iao1: one (used for clarity, e.g. reciting digits)