to use; by means of; according to

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 23rd character
Radical ⼈ (9.3)
Strokes 4
Index # 182

Definitions

以 yǐ
  1. 1. to use
  2. 2. by means of
  3. 3. according to
  4. 4. in order to
  5. 5. because of
  6. 6. at (a certain date or place)
  7. 7. abbr. for Israel yǐ sè liè

Stroke order

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Words containing 以

Word Meaning
to anxiously await
Israeli; Israelite
(lit.) to take a part for the whole; to generalize
and so on; in a similar fashion
countless; innumerable
to give; to grant
to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)
to spread falsehoods; to increasingly distort the truth
Israeli soldiers
Ephesus, city of ancient Greece
to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
the following; in the proper order
to give someone a hold on oneself
food is people’s first need
supplemented by; accompanied by; with
to learn from history (idiom)
to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
to be lenient with others (idiom)
to find some consolation (idiom); to find relief in
happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
until now; for a long time now; in the past always
until now; for a long time now; in the past always
in short; in a word; to sum up
judge words, not people