Chinese symbol for “yeah”

噫

yī

yeah (interjection of approval); to belch

The closest CC-CEDICT match for yeah is 噫 (yī), defined as: yeah (interjection of approval); to belch.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

噫 yī

belch; interjection of approval

radical 30 ⼝ · 16 strokes

See also: Japanese symbol for “yeah”.

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.