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月

yuè

1. 1 moon
2. 2 month
3. 3 monthly
4. 4 classifier: 個 Gè
5. 5 classifier: 輪 Lún

一

yī

1. 1 one
2. 2 1
3. 3 single
4. 4 a (article)
5. 5 as soon as
6. 6 entire
7. 7 whole
8. 8 all
9. 9 throughout
10. 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
11. 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

已经 | 已經

yǐ jīng

1. 1 already

阴 | 陰

yīn

1. 1 overcast (weather)
2. 2 cloudy
3. 3 shady
4. 4 Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)
5. 5 negative (electric.)
6. 6 feminine
7. 7 moon
8. 8 implicit
9. 9 hidden
10. 10 genitalia

眼睛

yǎn jing

1. 1 eye
2. 2 classifier: 隻 Zhī
3. 3 classifier: 雙 Shuāng

也

yě

1. 1 also
2. 2 too
3. 3 (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation

圆 | 圓

yuán

1. 1 circle
2. 2 round
3. 3 circular
4. 4 spherical
5. 5 (of the moon) full
6. 6 unit of Chinese currency (yuan)
7. 7 tactful
8. 8 to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)

要

yào

1. 1 important
2. 2 vital
3. 3 to want
4. 4 to ask for
5. 5 will
6. 6 going to (as future auxiliary)
7. 7 may
8. 8 must
9. 9 (used in a comparison) must be
10. 10 probably
11. 11 if

阴 | 隂

yīn

1. 1 variant: 陰 Yīn

药 | 葯

yào

1. 1 leaf of the iris
2. 2 variant: 藥 Yào

颜色 | 顏色

yán sè

1. 1 color
2. 2 countenance
3. 3 appearance
4. 4 facial expression
5. 5 pigment
6. 6 dyestuff

远 | 遠

yuǎn

1. 1 far
2. 2 distant
3. 3 remote
4. 4 (intensifier in a comparison) by far
5. 5 much (lower etc)

云

yún

1. 1 (classical) to say

一般

yī bān

1. 1 same
2. 2 ordinary
3. 3 so-so
4. 4 common
5. 5 general
6. 6 generally
7. 7 in general

一定

yī dìng

1. 1 surely
2. 2 certainly
3. 3 necessarily
4. 4 fixed
5. 5 a certain (extent etc)
6. 6 given
7. 7 particular
8. 8 must

以为 | 以為

yǐ wéi

1. 1 to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)

游戏 | 遊戲

yóu xì

1. 1 game
2. 2 classifier: 場 Chǎng
3. 3 to play

眼镜 | 眼鏡

yǎn jìng

1. 1 spectacles
2. 2 eyeglasses
3. 3 classifier: 副 Fù

用

yòng

1. 1 to use
2. 2 to employ
3. 3 to have to
4. 4 to eat or drink
5. 5 expense or outlay
6. 6 usefulness
7. 7 hence
8. 8 therefore

一会儿 | 一會兒

yī huì r5

1. 1 a moment
2. 2 a while
3. 3 in a moment
4. 4 now...now...
5. 5 variant: also pr. Yī Huǐ R