依依

Chinese

		according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Min Dong) kinship prefix	according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Min Dong) kinship prefix
simp. and trad. (依依)		依	依

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīyī

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ ji¹
Min Nan (POJ): i-i

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ii
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji¹ ji¹
  - Yale: yī yī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ ji¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ yi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-i
  - Tâi-lô: i-i
  - Phofsit Daibuun: i'y
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i³³ i³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /ʔɨi ʔɨi/▼

Rime
Character	依
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於希切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨj/
Li Rong	/ʔiəi/
Wang Li	/ĭəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yī

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter-Sagart): /*ʔəj ʔəj/

(Zhengzhang): /*qɯl qɯl/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	依
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yī
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔəj/
English	lean upon
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	依
Reading #	1/1
No.	14836
Phonetic component	衣
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	依
Old Chinese	/*qɯl/

Adjective

依依

young leaves stir gently in the wind

昔我往矣，楊柳依依；今我來思，雨雪霏霏。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
昔我往矣，杨柳依依；今我来思，雨雪霏霏。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Xī wǒ wǎng yǐ, yángliǔ yīyī; jīn wǒ lái sī, yǔxuě fēifēi. [Pinyin]

At first, when we set out,
The willows were fresh and green;
Now, when we shall be returning,
The snow will be falling in clouds.
regret leaving

舉手長勞勞，二情同依依。 [MSC, trad.]
举手长劳劳，二情同依依。 [MSC, simp.]
From: 《玉臺新詠•古詩＜為焦仲卿妻作＞》
Jǔshǒu cháng láoláo, èr qíng tóng yīyī. [Pinyin]
(please add an English translation of this example)
thinking of with respect
vaguely

曖曖遠人村，依依墟里煙。 [MSC, trad.]
暧暧远人村，依依墟里烟。 [MSC, simp.]
From: 晉·陶潛《歸園田居》
Ài'ài yuǎn rén cūn, yīyī xū lǐ yān. [Pinyin]
(please add an English translation of this example)

Derived terms

依依不捨／依依不舍 (yīyībùshě)
依依難捨／依依难舍

臨別依依／临别依依
離情依依／离情依依

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