贻
to present; to bequeath
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,014 U+8D3B
How 贻 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
贝 (semantic, “money”) + 台 (phonetic, tái)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 台
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 台 (tái) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 台 sound component | tái | platform; unit; term of address |
| 胎 | tāi | embryo, fetus; car tire |
| 始 | shǐ | to begin, to start; beginning |
| 抬 | tái | to carry, to lift, to raise |
| 怡 | yí | gladness, joy, pleasure; harmony |
| 苔 | tái | moss, lichen |
| 笞 | chī | bamboo rod used for beatings |
| 怠 | dài | idle; negligent, remiss; to neglect |
| 殆 | dài | almost, probably; danger, peril; to endanger |
| 饴 | yí | syrup; sweet-meat, sweet-cake |
| 眙 | yí | to gaze at; a place name |
| 鲐 | tái | mackerel; Pneumatophorus japonicus |
| 跆 | tái | to trample, to kick |
| 炱 | tái | soot |
| 绐 | dài | to pretend, to fool, to cheat |
| 诒 | yí | to bequeath, to pass on |
| 迨 | dài | while, until; to seize, to arrest |
| 邰 | tái | a state in Shanxi province; surname |
| 骀 | tái | tired old horse; tired, exhaused |
Words containing 贻
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贻人口实 | yí rén kǒu shí | to make oneself an object of ridicule |
| 贻笑大方 | yí xiào dà fāng | to make a fool of oneself; to make oneself a laughing stock |
| 贻笑方家 | yí xiào fāng jiā | a novice making a fool of himself; to make oneself ridiculous before experts |
| 贻害无穷 | yí hài wú qióng | to have disastrous consequences |
| 贻范古今 | yí fàn gǔ jīn | to leave an example for all generations |
| 自贻伊戚 | zì yí yī qī | to create trouble for oneself (idiom) |
| 贻笑 | yí xiào | to be ridiculous; to make a fool of oneself |
| 贻贝 | yí bèi | mussel |
| 贻害 | yí hài | to have bad consequences |
| 贻燕 | yí yàn | to leave peace for the future generations |
| 贻误 | yí wù | to affect adversely; to delay or hinder; to waste (an opportunity); to mislead |
| 养痈贻患 | yǎng yōng yí huàn | variant of 養癰遺患|养痈遗患[yang3 yong1 yi2 huan4] |