贻 — Chinese character
贻
yí
to hand down, to give to, to bequeath
- Pinyin
- yí
- Radical
- 154 ⾙ (Shell)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 贝 台
- Formation
- pictophonetic — money; meaning component 贝; sound component 台
- Traditional
- 貽
Common words with 贻
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贻笑大方 (貽笑大方) | yí xiào dà fāng | to make a fool of oneself; to make oneself a laughing stock |
| 贻误 (貽誤) | yí wù | to affect adversely; to delay or hinder |
| 贻贝 (貽貝) | yí bèi | mussel |
| 贻害 (貽害) | yí hài | to have bad consequences |
| 贻笑 (貽笑) | yí xiào | to be ridiculous; to make a fool of oneself |
| 自贻伊戚 (自貽伊戚) | zì yí yī qī | to create trouble for oneself (idiom) |
| 贻人口实 (貽人口實) | yí rén kǒu shí | to make oneself an object of ridicule |
| 贻害无穷 (貽害無窮) | yí hài wú qióng | to have disastrous consequences |
| 贻燕 (貽燕) | yí yàn | to leave peace for the future generations |
| 贻笑方家 (貽笑方家) | yí xiào fāng jiā | a novice making a fool of himself; to make oneself ridiculous before experts |
| 贻范古今 (貽範古今) | yí fàn gǔ jīn | to leave an example for all generations |
| 养痈贻患 (養癰貽患) | yǎng yōng yí huàn | variant of 养痈遗患 (yǎng yōng yí huàn) |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.