贻
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to present; to bequeath
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 貝 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 貽
- Common rank
- #3,014
- Unicode
- U+8D3B
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 贻
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贻人口实 | to make oneself an object of ridicule | |
| 贻笑大方 | to make a fool of oneself; to make oneself a laughing stock | |
| 贻笑方家 | a novice making a fool of himself; to make oneself ridiculous before experts | |
| 贻害无穷 | to have disastrous consequences | |
| 贻范古今 | to leave an example for all generations | |
| 自贻伊戚 | to create trouble for oneself (idiom) | |
| 贻笑 | to be ridiculous; to make a fool of oneself | |
| 贻贝 | mussel | |
| 贻害 | to have bad consequences | |
| 贻燕 | to leave peace for the future generations | |
| 贻误 | to affect adversely; to delay or hinder; to waste (an opportunity); to mislead | |
| 养痈贻患 | variant of 養癰遺患|养痈遗患[yang3 yong1 yi2 huan4] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 台 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 台 sound part | platform; unit; term of address | |
| 胎 | embryo, fetus; car tire | |
| 始 | to begin, to start; beginning | |
| 抬 | to carry, to lift, to raise | |
| 怡 | gladness, joy, pleasure; harmony | |
| 苔 | moss, lichen | |
| 笞 | bamboo rod used for beatings | |
| 怠 | idle; negligent, remiss; to neglect | |
| 殆 | almost, probably; danger, peril; to endanger | |
| 饴 | syrup; sweet-meat, sweet-cake | |
| 眙 | to gaze at; a place name | |
| 鲐 | mackerel; Pneumatophorus japonicus | |
| 跆 | to trample, to kick | |
| 炱 | soot | |
| 绐 | to pretend, to fool, to cheat | |
| 诒 | to bequeath, to pass on | |
| 迨 | while, until; to seize, to arrest | |
| 邰 | a state in Shanxi province; surname | |
| 骀 | tired old horse; tired, exhaused |