Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "猗", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "猗", and master the standard way of writing the character "猗".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 猗
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "猗" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
猗 [yī]
1. A beautiful and grand appearance.
美好盛大的样子。
Example: "Look at the high hills, how beautiful the paulownia is!"
例:瞻彼高岡,有猗其桐。
2. A particle, similar to "兮". Equivalent to "ah", used at the end of a sentence to express tone.
助词。犹“兮”。相当于“啊”,用于句末,表示语气。
Example: "The water in the river is clear and rippling, ah!"
例:河水清且涟猗。
3. An exclamation, commonly used at the beginning of a sentence to express admiration, equivalent to "ah".
叹词。常用于句首,表示赞叹。相当于“啊”。
Example: "Oh, how wonderful and tall!"
例:猗嗟昌兮,頎而长兮。
4. A surname. For instance, in the Spring and Autumn period, there was a person named Yi Dun from Lu.
姓。如春秋時魯有猗頓。
Additional meanings:
1. To increase or surpass.
加,超越。
Example: "The path in the Yang garden surpasses the hillocks."
例:《詩經•小雅•巷伯》:“楊園之道,猗于畝丘。”
2. To rely on.
依靠。通“倚”。
Example: "Once the four horses have been harnessed, the two chariots must rely on each other."
例:《詩經•小雅•車攻》:“四黃既駕,兩驂不猗。”
3. To pull, to restrain and gather.
牵引,束而採之。通“ 掎 ”。
Example: "In the silkworm month, we pick the mulberry branches, take the axe and cut the distant trees, and gather those female mulberries."
例:《詩經•豳風•七月》:“蠶月條桑,取彼斧斨,以伐遠揚,猗彼女桑。”
Note: For further references, see the section on "猗傩".
参见「猗傩」条。