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伊

Mandarin · pinyin yī#

(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she")
second person singular pronoun ("you")
(May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she")
(Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning
(preceding a noun) that
(bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克 Yī lā kè)
(bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗 Yī lǎng)

Mandarin · pinyin Yī#

surname Yi

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伊: yī · third person pronoun; he, she, this, that

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) this; that
(literary, formal or Coastal Min) he, him; she, her; it
(obsolete) she, her
(literary) you (singular)
(～水, ～河) Yi River (a tributary of the Luo River in Henan, China)
a surname
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 伊拉克 (Yīlākè, “Iraq”)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 伊朗 (Yīlǎng, “Iran”)

character · Etymology 2

(Southern Sixian Hakka, Wu) he, him; she, her; it

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