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異

简异 · 繁異

Mandarin · pinyin yì

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異: Look up this written character
异: yì · different, unusual, strange

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4 · yi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ji6

Cantonese word readings for 異. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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different; other
uncommon; unusual; special; strange; surprising
to distinguish; to separate
(chemistry) iso- (forms terms relating to isomers)
(sex) hetero-; straight
(Hakka) quite; very

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