Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yí
English
- cheeks
- (literary) chin; jaw
- cheek
- jaw
- (literary) to foster; to nurture; to protect
- to keep; to nourish
- chin
- rear
- to nourish
- hexagram ䷚
粵語
- 腮
- 保養
Variants
Words containing 頤
- 頤指ji4 zi2
to order with the chin
- 解頤gaai2 ji4
to smile
- 程頤cing4 ji4
Cheng Yi (1033-1107), Song neo-Confucian scholar
- 頤養ji4 joeng5
to nourish
- 伙頤fo2 ji4
variant of 夥頤|夥颐[huo3 yi2]
- 夥頤fo2 ji4
(literary) very many
- 朵頤do2 ji4
(literary) to munch
- 頤和園ji4 wo4 jyun4
Summer Palace in Beijing
- 周敦頤zau1 deon1 ji4
Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073), Song dynasty neo-Confucian scholar
- 頤養天年ji4 joeng5 tin1 nin4
lit. to nurture one's years (idiom)
- 頤指氣使ji4 zi2 hei3 sai2
lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture
- 大快朵頤daai6 faai3 do2 ji4
(idiom) to eat with great relish; to feast on (sth)
- 妙語解頤miu6 jyu5 gaai2 ji4
to say something interesting to make people laugh
- 大塊朵頤daai6 faai3 do2 ji4
- 頤指風使ji4 zi2 fung1 si2
lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture
- 頤性養壽ji4 sing3 joeng5 sau6
to take care of one's spirit and keep fit (idiom)