義
yì
right conduct, righteousness
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 羊
- HSK
- —
- Tone
- 4
Other readings: yí
Simplified form: 义
Stroke order
Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 义, the simplified form of 義. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.
Example sentences
他想要正义。
Tā xiǎng yào zhèng yì
He wants justice.
Shadow我为正义而战。
Wǒ wèi zhèng yì ér zhàn
I fight in the cause of justice.
Shadow你说的没有意义。
Nǐ shuō de méi yǒu yì yì
What you are saying does not make sense.
Shadow这是您的义务。
Zhè shì nín de yì wù
That's your responsibility.
Shadow
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words containing 义
- 意义yì yì 4–4 sense; meaning; significance; importance
- 义务yì wù 4–4 duty; obligation; volunteer (work etc)
- 含义hán yì 2–4 meaning (implicit in a phrase); implied meaning; hidden meaning; hint; connotation
- 正义zhèng yì 4–4 justice; righteousness; just; righteous
- 名义míng yì 2–4 name; titular; nominal; in name; ostensible purpose
- 定义dìng yì 4–4 definition; to define
- 起义qǐ yì 3–4 uprising; insurrection; revolt
- 见义勇为jiàn yì yǒng wéi 4–4–3–2to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth; acting heroically in a just cause
- 贬义biǎn yì 3–4 derogatory sense; negative connotation
- 主义zhǔ yì 3–4 -ism; ideology
- 社会主义shè huì zhǔ yì 4–4–3–4socialism
- 资本主义zī běn zhǔ yì 1–3–3–4capitalism