different, unusual, strange

HSK 6 #709

DEFINITIONS

异 yì
  • different
  • other
  • hetero-
  • unusual
  • strange
  • surprising
  • to distinguish
  • to separate
  • to discriminate

STROKES

WORDS

yà yì to be surprised; to be astonished
地 yì dì different place; abroad
标新立 biāo xīn lì yì to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom)
物 yì wù rarity; rare delicacy; foreign matter; alien body; the dead; ghost; monstrosity; alien life-form
味 yì wèi unpleasant odor
彩 yì cǎi extraordinary splendor
族 yì zú different tribe
jiǒng yì totally different
乎寻常 yì hū xún cháng unusual; extraordinary
口同声 yì kǒu tóng shēng different mouths, same voice; to speak in unison (idiom)
域 yì yù foreign country; alien land
gè yì all different; each unto his own
己 yì jǐ dissident; alien; outsider
大同小 dà tóng xiǎo yì virtually the same; differing only on small points
奇装服 qí zhuāng yì fú bizarre dress
国他乡 yì guó tā xiāng foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate
因人而 yīn rén ér yì varying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual
状 yì zhuàng unusual condition; something odd; strange shape
求同存 qiú tóng cún yì to seek common ground, putting differences aside (idiom)
思迁 jiàn yì sī qiān to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom); loving fads and novelty; never satisfied with what one has
同床梦 tóng chuáng yì mèng lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas; strange bedfellows; marital dissension
同 yì tóng comparison; differences and similarities
zhēn yì rare; precious and odd
心 yì xīn disloyalty; infidelity
体 yì tǐ variant form (of a Chinese character)