Chinese symbol for “vaguely”
依稀
yī xī
vaguely; dimly; probably; very likely
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vaguely is 依稀 (yī xī), defined as: vaguely; dimly; probably; very likely.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “vaguely”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隐隐约约 (隱隱約約) | yǐn yǐn yuē yuē | (idiom) vaguely; faintly; indistinctly |
| 恍惚 | huǎng hū | absent-minded; distracted |
| 芴 | hū | (old) vaguely; suddenly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 依稀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 依据 (依據) | yī jù | according to; basis |
| 依然 | yī rán | still; as before |
| 依法 | yī fǎ | legal (proceedings); according to law |
| 依赖 (依賴) | yī lài | to depend on; to be dependent on |
| 依靠 | yī kào | to rely on; to depend on |
| 依照 | yī zhào | according to; in light of |
| 稀有 | xī yǒu | uncommon; rare |
| 稀少 | xī shǎo | sparse; rare |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vaguely”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.