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Yi

Yi noun: an ethnic group who live primarily in mountainous areas of southwest China.

Noun

Yi pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An ethnic group who live primarily in mountainous areas of southwest China.

Proper noun (1)

Yi

  1. Any of a family of Tibeto-Burman languages spoken by this people.

Proper noun (2)

Yi

  1. A surname from Korean. Equivalent to Chinese 李 (Lǐ)

Proper noun (3)

Yi

  1. A surname.

Yi meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

Yi in Tamil

பொருந்தும்

Yi in Vietnamese

ethnic group
Lô Lô, Di

Forms of Yi

alternative formLi
alternative formRi
alternative formRhee

Origin of Yi

From Mandarin 彝 (yí).

Borrowed from Korean 이 (I) (based on the South Korean spelling), hanja: 李, also spelled 리 (Ri), especially in North Korea.

Borrowed from Mandarin 易 (yì).

Phrases with Yi

Questions about Yi

What does Yi mean?
Yi means an ethnic group who live primarily in mountainous areas of southwest China.
What is Yi in Tamil?
Yi in Tamil is பொருந்தும். See Yi meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Yi?
Yi can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Yi in the dictionary

  1. YHJBT
  2. YHM
  3. yholde
  4. YHVH
  5. YHWH
  6. Yi
  7. Yi Jing
  8. yi mein
  9. Yi-hsing ware
  10. Yi-hsing wares
  11. Yiannitsa

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Yi (page history and authors); yi (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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