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# yi

«yi» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **"one" in Mandarin Chinese; it sounds like English "ee"** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun/proper noun (Yi — a people, a language, a surname, a name); (Mandarin, pinyin) yī

### meaning for a pupil

1) (Mandarin, pinyin) yī means "one" in Mandarin Chinese; it sounds like English "ee". It is not an English word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yi/#m1)

2) (a name) The Yi are an ethnic group in south-west China, with their own Yi language and script. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yi/#m2)

3) (a name) Yi is a common Korean and Chinese surname (also written Lee or Li), as in Admiral Yi Sun-sin of Korea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yi/#m3)

4) "Hi, yi!" is an excited shout or call. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yi/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In language lessons it is one of the first Mandarin numbers: yī, èr, sān (1, 2, 3). In geography it names a people of China. Phrases: yī, èr, sān; the Yi people.

### examples

- Adun or Adon, or Adonai, ADNI, are commonly translated L(?yi; Eliun, OLIUN, is the more usual form of " the most high one." (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yi/#x1)
- In Mandarin, yī, èr, sān means one, two, three. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yi/#x2)
- "Yi" sounds like "ee" to an English ear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yi/#x3)
- The Yi people live in the mountains of south-west China. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yi/#x4)
- Admiral Yi Sun-sin is a hero in Korean history. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yi/#x5)
- Yī gè píngguǒ means "one apple" in Mandarin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yi/#x6)
- The Yi language has its own script. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yi/#x7)
- "Hi, yi!" said he, "here's a coat o' clay ready made, and a fine one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yi/#x8)

### note

Not an English word. In pinyin the mark on yī shows a high, flat tone. As a name it takes a capital letter.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «yi» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yi/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.