Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yí
English
- give to, hand down, bequeath
- to present
- to bequeath
- used in names
粵語
- 用於人名
Variants
Words containing 貽
- 貽笑ji4 siu3
to be ridiculous
- 貽害ji4 hoi6
to have bad consequences
- 貽誤ji4 ng6
to affect adversely
- 貽笑大方ji4 siu3 daai6 fong1
to make a fool of oneself
- 貽貝ji4 bui3
mussel
- 貽燕ji4 jin3
to leave peace for the future generations
- 貽人口實ji4 jan4 hau2 sat6
to make oneself an object of ridicule
- 貽害無窮ji4 hoi6 mou4 kung4
to have disastrous consequences
- 貽範古今ji4 faan6 gu2 gam1
to leave an example for all generations
- 自貽伊戚zi6 ji4 ji1 cik1
to create trouble for oneself (idiom)
- 養癰貽患joeng5 jung1 ji4 waan6
variant of 養癰遺患|养痈遗患[yang3 yong1 yi2 huan4]
- 貽笑方家ji4 siu3 fong1 gaa1
a novice making a fool of himself