yi
noun
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
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Etymology
Origin of yi
From the Chinese word yì
Example Sentences
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China has a phrase for it: yi zu dai mai, or “rent instead of buy.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Long noodles, often marked in stores as Asian wheat noodles or Chinese egg noodles, such as yi mein, are said to represent a long life during the new year.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2023
Mr. yi Hou grew up in Liverpool, England, and his parents, who moved there from China in the early ’90s, ran a Cantonese restaurant, which he called a “classic immigrant hustle.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2022
“It’s an ambivalent relationship with East Asian visual culture,” Mr. yi Hou said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2022
Tata Ndu replied with equal patience, “Á yi bandu, if you do not mind, Tata Price, we will make our election now. Ici, maintenant.”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
"Instead of simply heating the system, the interaction cycle reorganizes the atoms into a new many-body state," says Yi Zeng, the leading author of this study.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
That would mean each vial somehow vaccinated 2.4 babies, which Yi said would be medically and practically impossible nationwide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
As long as Microsoft continues to demonstrate healthy cloud growth, AI returns and adoption of its Copilot assistant, the company is likely to continue on its growth trajectory, StoneX analyst Yi Fu Lee told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Working with Professor Yi Chen's group at Vanderbilt University, the researchers realized they could use Z bosons as a "tag" for locating and measuring wakes created by individual quarks.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
An Yi had been sent away to spend the summer with her grandparents in Shandong, away from Shanghai’s turbulence.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
And there were the Chi Yis, who fought society hard and always had their picture taken for the college annual in dress suits.
From At Good Old Siwash by George Fitch
Yis, we're goin' to have a gran' time.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
Yis, pups," said the old man, rising, "it'll be a good tramp through the snow, but we'll go in the mornin', and see ef the woman be in want.
From How John Norton the Trapper Kept His Christmas by W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison) Murray
Yis sor, Sor Fridrick tould me that he was now on his way to London.
From With Ring of Shield by Knox Magee
Yis, I axed Father Burns about it; he said we mun pray for 'im.
From The White Peacock by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
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