译

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to translate; to interpret

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

speech

Components 讠 ? unknown part

translate · Heisig RSH #2601

words + scarecrow

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
音意合译	yīn yì hé yì	formation of a loanword using some characters (or words) chosen for their meaning and othe…
同声传译	tóng shēng chuán yì	simultaneous interpretation
同步口译	tóng bù kǒu yì	simultaneous interpretation (Tw)
译出语	yì chū yǔ	source language (for translation)
译意风	yì yì fēng	simultaneous interpretation facilities (loanword from "earphone")
口译员	kǒu yì yuán	interpreter; oral translator
机器翻译	jī qì fān yì	machine translation
译入语	yì rù yǔ	target language (for translation)
直译器	zhí yì qì	interpreter (computing)
英汉对译	Yīng Hàn duì yì	English-Chinese parallel text
同声翻译	tóng shēng fān yì	simultaneous translation
译码器	yì mǎ qì	decoder
翻译家	fān yì jiā	translator (of writings)
译文	yì wén	translated text
口译	kǒu yì	interpreting
译语	yì yǔ	target language (linguistics)
译成	yì chéng	to translate into (Chinese, English etc)
编译家	biān yì jiā	translator and editor
通译	tōng yì	(old) to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter
义译	yì yì	to translate a term into Chinese using a combination of characters or words that suggests …