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Yi.

An ethnic group who live primarily in mountainous areas of southwest China.

2 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. An ethnic group who live primarily in mountainous areas of southwest China.

    plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

From Mandarin 彝 (yí).

name
  1. Any of a family of Tibeto-Burman languages spoken by this people.

Where this word comes from

From Mandarin 彝 (yí).

name
  1. A surname from Korean. Equivalent to Chinese 李 (Lǐ)

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Korean 이 (I) (based on the South Korean spelling), hanja: 李, also spelled 리 (Ri), especially in North Korea.

name
  1. A surname.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Mandarin 易 (yì).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.