冶

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to smelt; to cast; seductive in appearance

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Components 冫台

smelt · Heisig RSH #1911

ice + 台 platform

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大冶市	Dà yě Shì	Daye, a county-level city in Huangshi City 黃石市\|黄石市[Huang2 shi2 Shi4], Hubei
冶金学	yě jīn xué	metallurgy
古冶区	Gǔ yě Qū	Guye, a district of Tangshan City 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 Shi4], Hebei
大冶	Dà yě	see 大冶市[Da4 ye3 Shi4]
冶天	Yě tiān	ATI, brand name of AMD graphics cards
冶金	yě jīn	metallurgy
陶冶情操	táo yě qíng cāo	to cultivate one's mind; to build character
古冶	Gǔ yě	see 古冶區\|古冶区[Gu3 ye3 Qu1]
冶游	yě yóu	to go courting; to visit a brothel (old); related to 野遊\|野游[ye3 you2]
李冶	Lǐ Yě	Li Jilan 李季蘭\|李季兰[Li3 Ji4 Lan2] or Li Ye (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet
冶容	yě róng	to mold (into seductive shape); to dress up (usu. derogatory); to sex up
冶炼炉	yě liàn lú	a furnace for smelting metal
冶荡	yě dàng	lewd; lascivious
陶冶	táo yě	lit. to fire pots and smelt metal; fig. to educate
冶炼	yě liàn	to smelt metal
冶艳	yě yàn	bewitching; beautiful
艳冶	yàn yě	bewitching; beautiful
妖冶	yāo yě	pretty and flirtatious
冶铸	yě zhù	to smelt and cast