颐 — Chinese character
颐
yí
cheeks, jaw; chin; rear; to nourish
- Pinyin
- yí
- Radical
- 181 ⾴ (Leaf)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 臣 页
- Formation
- pictophonetic — head; meaning component 页; sound component 臣
- Traditional
- 頤
Common words with 颐
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 颐指气使 (頤指氣使) | yí zhǐ qì shǐ | lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture; arrogant and bossy |
| 颐养 (頤養) | yí yǎng | to nourish; to nurture |
| 大快朵颐 (大快朵頤) | dà kuài duǒ yí | (idiom) to eat with great relish; to feast on (sth) |
| 颐养天年 (頤養天年) | yí yǎng tiān nián | lit. to nurture one's years (idiom); fig. to enjoy one's later years |
| 解颐 (解頤) | jiě yí | to smile; to laugh |
| 伙颐 (伙頤) | huǒ yí | variant of 夥颐 (huǒ yí) |
| 夥颐 (夥頤) | huǒ yí | (literary) very many; wow! (an exclamation of surprise and admiration) |
| 朵颐 (朵頤) | duǒ yí | (literary) to munch |
| 颐性养寿 (頤性養壽) | yí xìng yǎng shòu | to take care of one's spirit and keep fit (idiom) |
| 颐指 (頤指) | yí zhǐ | to order with the chin; to indicate what one wants by facial gesture |
| 颐指风使 (頤指風使) | yí zhǐ fēng shǐ | lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture; arrogant and bossy |
English words written with 颐
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.