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Words starting with Y

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压yāto press; to push down压力yā lìpressure广yǎn"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc烟yāncigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gēn]言yánwords; speech颜yáncolor; face眼yǎneye; small hole演yǎnto perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)验yànto examine; to test演唱yǎn chàngto sing (for an audience); vocal performance演唱会yǎn chàng huìvocal recital or concert演出yǎn chūto act (in a play); to perform眼睛yǎn jingeye; CL:隻|只[zhī],雙|双[shuāng]眼前yǎn qiánbefore one's eyes; now颜色yán sècolor; countenance演员yǎn yuánactor; actress; performer扬yángto raise; to hoist羊yángsheep; goat; CL:頭|头[tóu],隻|只[zhī]阳yángpositive (electric.); sun养yǎngto raise (animals); to bring up (children)样yàngmanner; pattern阳光yáng guāngsunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic样子yàng ziappearance; manner摇yáoto shake; to rock药yàomedicine; drug要yāo(bound form) to demand; to coerce约yāoto weigh in a balance or on a scale药店yào diànpharmacy药片yào piàna (medicine) pill or tablet; CL:片[piàn]要求yāo qiúto request; to require要是yào shi(coll.) if药水yào shuǐmedicine in liquid form; bottled medicine爷yégrandpa; old gentleman也yě(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a]业yèline of business; industry夜yènight夜里yè liduring the night; at night也许yě xǔperhaps; maybe爷爷yé ye(coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather一yīone; single衣yīclothes; CL:件[jiàn]医yīmedical; medicine宜yíproper; should姨yímother's sister; aunt已yǐalready; to stop以yǐto use; by means of椅yǐchair义yìjustice; righteousness亿yì100 million艺yìskill; art议yìto comment on; to discuss译yìto translate; to interpret易yìeasy; amiable意yìidea; meaning一般yī bānsame; ordinary一半yī bànhalf一边yī biānone side; either side一部分yī bù fenportion; part of一点点yī diǎn diǎna little bit一点儿yī diǎn rerhua variant of 一點|一点[yī diǎn]