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矣

Mandarin · pinyin yǐ

classical final particle, similar to modern 了 le

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矣: yǐ · particle of completed action

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3 · yi3

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) Particle expressing completion, similar to 了 (le) in Standard Mandarin.
(literary) Particle expressing exclamation, similar to 啦 (la) in Standard Mandarin.

character · Etymology 2

(Taiwanese Hokkien, dated in Xiamen Hokkien, dialectal Hakka) already; now (Sentence-final particle expressing completion, similar to 了 (le) in Standard Mandarin.)

character · Etymology 3

(obsolete) Transcription of the word for rhinoceros in a language used in ancient Yunnan.

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