誼
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yì · friendship

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15Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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言Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 誼

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Example sentences

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Wǒ hé wǒ ā yí yǒu zhǒng tè bié de qíng yì.我和我阿姨有種特別的情誼。

I have a special relationship with my aunt.

Source: Tatoeba #1227082 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ de yǒu yì duì wǒ lái shuō yì yì zhòng dà.你的友誼對我來說意義重大。

Your friendship means a lot to me.

Source: Tatoeba #907876 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xī wàng zhè shì měi hǎo yǒu yì de kāi shǐ.希望這是美好友誼的開始。

I hope this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Source: Tatoeba #13532049 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Méi yǒu shèn mó dōng xī bǐ yǒu yì gèng zhòng yào.沒有甚麼東西比友誼更重要。

There's nothing more important than friendship.

Source: Tatoeba #2138417 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā hé tā zhī jiàn de yǒu yì, jiàn jiàn dì yùn niàng chéng le ài qíng.他和她之間的友誼,漸漸地醞釀成了愛情。

By degrees the friendship between him and her grew into love.

Source: Tatoeba #672340 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Suàn zhàng yù shì jīng què , yǒu yì yù shì jiān dìng.算帳愈是精確, 友誼愈是堅定。

The more precise the calculations, the stronger the friendship.

Source: Tatoeba #2166008 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 誼 in context

  1. Say yì, then recall the core meaning: friendship.
  2. Write all 15 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 誼 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.