役 - yì - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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役

yì

Definition

forced labor
corvée
obligatory task
military service
to use as servant
to enserf
servant (old)
war
campaign
battle

Character Decomposition

Related words (27)

役使

yì shǐ

to put to work (servant or animal); to make use of for labor

役男

yì nán

males eligible for military service; draftee; abbr. for 役齡男子|役龄男子

役畜

yì chù

draft animal; beast of burden

enlistment age

draft animals; beasts of burden

servant

to use (an animal or servant); working (animal); (beast) of burden; causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc)

military service

forced labor; corvée (labor required of a serf); animal labor

corvee; laborer

to enslave; slavery

forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée); bailiff of feudal yamen

forced labor; corvee

military campaign

detention

to serve in the army; in active service

杂役

zá yì

odd jobs; part-time worker

现役

xiàn yì

(military) active duty

farm work

forced labor; corvée; penal servitude

衙役

yá yì

bailiff of feudal yamen

退役

tuì yì

to retire from the military; to demobilize; to decommission; retired from use

chameleon

to order (somebody) about; (by extension) to put to use

一身两役

yī shēn liǎng yì

one person taking on two tasks simultaneously

靖难之役

jìng nán zhī yì

war of 1402 between successors of the first Ming Emperor

预备役军人

yù bèi yì jūn rén

reserve troops

Idioms (1)

毕其功于一役

bì qí gōng yú yī yì

to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)

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