Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "贻", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "贻", and master the standard way of writing the character "贻".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 贻
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "贻" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
贻 yí
1. To present; to give as a gift.
[En.] present
2. To leave behind; to bequeath.
[En.] leave behind; bequeath
Additional meanings:
1. Same as the primary meaning ([En.] present)
- Example: From "The Book of Songs," "贻我彤管" (Give me the red tube).
- Example: The beauty's gift.
- Example: Tang Dynasty, Han Yu's "On Teachers," "I admire his ability to follow the ancient way, and compose 'On Teachers' to present it to him."
- Example: Ming Dynasty, Wei Xueyi's "Nucleus Boat Record," "Once bestowed upon me was a nucleus boat, covering Su's journey on the Red Cliff."
2. In ancient texts, the characters 诒 and 贻 are interchangeable. According to Qing Dynasty's Zheng Zhen, the character "贻" was modified after the Han dynasty.
- Example: 贻饷 (Leave as a gift); 贻赠 (Offering, giving).
3. To leave behind; to bequeath.
[En.] leave behind; bequeath
- Example: From "The Book of Songs," "贻我来牟" (Leave it for me).
- Example: Tang Dynasty, Li Chaowei's "The Legend of Liu Yi," "Sitting left the deaf and blind."
- Example: 贻累 (Implicate); 贻笑 (Be ridiculed); 贻谋 (Left ideas); 贻厥 (Leaving behind); 贻燕 (Leaving stability for future generations); 贻臭万年 (Infamous legacy lasting for eternity, difficult to erase).
贻 yí
As a noun:
Refers to a type of marine bivalve mollusks belonging to the Mytilidae family (English: mussel), typically having an oval or elongated shell, with a black chitinous layer, attached by thread-like foot filaments secreted by the animal.