yǐ
以 (yǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “to use; by means of; according to”.
Meanings
- 1to use
- 2by means of
- 3according to
- 4in order to
- 5because of
- 6at (a certain date or place)
- Part of speech
- preposition, conjunction
Related words
可以can所以therefore以为to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)以abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]以old variant of 以[yi3]以old variant of 以[yi3]以前before以后after以及and; as well as难以置信(idiom) hard to believe; incredible以来since (used after a specified time or event)难以hard to (predict, imagine etc)