依依

依依

Chinese

		according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Min Dong) kinship prefix	according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Min Dong) kinship prefix
simp. and trad. (依依)		依	依

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ ji¹
• Min Nan (POJ): i-i

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiyi
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-i¹
    • Yale: yī-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ii
    • Palladius: ии (ii)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ ji¹
    • Yale: yī yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-i
    • Tâi-lô: i-i
    • Phofsit Daibuun: i'y
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i³³ i³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔɨi  ʔɨi/

Rime
Character	依
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於希切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨj/
Li Rong	/ʔiəi/
Wang Li	/ĭəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔəj  ʔəj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯl  qɯl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	依
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yī
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔəj/
English	lean upon
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	依
Reading #	1/1
No.	14836
Phonetic component	衣
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	依
Old Chinese	/*qɯl/

Adjective

依依

1. (of branches and leaves) swaying in the wind

   • 昔我往矣，楊柳依依；今我來思，雨雪霏霏。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     昔我往矣，杨柳依依；今我来思，雨雪霏霏。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Xī wǒ wǎng yǐ, yángliǔ yīyī; jīn wǒ lái sī, yǔxuě fēifēi. [Pinyin]

     At first, when we set out,
     The willows were fresh and green;
     Now, when we shall be returning,
     The snow will be falling in clouds.

2. reluctant to part

   • 舉手長勞勞，二情同依依。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     举手长劳劳，二情同依依。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 孔雀東南飛

     Jǔshǒu cháng láoláo, èr qíng tóng yīyī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

3. missing; yearning for
4. vague; faint

   • 曖曖遠人村，依依墟里煙。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     暧暧远人村，依依墟里烟。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tao Yuanming, 歸園田居‧其一

     Ài'ài yuǎn rén cūn, yīyī xū lǐ yān. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Derived terms

依依不捨／依依不舍 (yīyībùshě) 依依難捨／依依难舍

臨別依依／临别依依 離情依依／离情依依