裔

yì · yi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. descendants
  2. frontier

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)是(shì)早(zǎo)期(qī)移(yí)民(mín)的(de)后(hòu)裔(yì),现(xiàn)在(zài)住(zhù)在(zài)南(nán)方(fāng)。

He is a descendant of early immigrants and now lives in the south.

02

这(zhè)位(wèi)华(huá)裔(yì)作(zuò)家(jiā)用(yòng)中(zhōng)文(wén)写(xiě)小(xiǎo)说(shuō)。

This writer of Chinese descent writes novels in Chinese.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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