Standard Lemma guide

Yi

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: Y IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Any of a family of Tibeto-Burman languages spoken by this people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname from Korean. Equivalent to Chinese 李 (Lǐ)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

An ethnic group who live primarily in mountainous areas of southwest China.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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5

noun

Meaning 5

a Loloish language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Lolo

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Loloish

History

Etymology

From Mandarin 彝 (yí).

Borrowed from Korean 이 (I) (based on the South Korean spelling), hanja: 李, also spelled 리 (Ri), especially in North Korea.

Borrowed from Mandarin 易 (yì).

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Cherokee: Ᏹ (yi) — any of a family of languages
  • Chinese Mandarin: 彝語 (Yíyǔ) — any of a family of languages
  • Chinese Mandarin: 李 (Lǐ) — Korean surname
  • Japanese: イ (I) — Korean surname
  • Japanese: リ (Ri) — Korean surname
  • Korean: 이 (I) — Korean surname
  • Korean: 리 (Ri) — Korean surname
  • Russian: Ли (Li) — Korean surname
  • Russian: И (I) — Korean surname
  • Russian: Ри (Ri) — Korean surname
  • Chinese Mandarin: 彝族 (Yízú) — ethnic group
  • Esperanto: jioj — ethnic group
  • Korean: 이족 (ijok) — ethnic group
  • Naxi: Lo'lo — ethnic group
  • Nuosu: ꆈꌠ (nuo su) — ethnic group
  • Russian: и (i) — ethnic group
  • Vietnamese: Lô Lô — ethnic group
  • Vietnamese: Di — ethnic group
  • Zhuang: Yizcuz — ethnic group