义 (義)

  1. noun meaning; sense
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 意思 (ABC 'yì' bf 3; CED 2 '义'; Guoyu '義' n 5; Kroll 2015 '義' 2, p. 550; NCCED 2 '义' 1)
  2. noun justice; right action; righteousness
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In particular, as a virtue in Confucianism (ABC 'yì' bf 1; CED 1 '义' 1; Guoyu '義' n 2; Kroll 2015 '義' 1, p. 550; NCCED 1 '义' 1; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1259; Yao 2000, p. 17)
  3. adjective artificial; man-made; fake
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'yì' bf 6; CED 1 '义' 5; Guoyu '義' adj 3; NCCED 1 '义' 5)
  4. noun chivalry; generosity
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 功用 (ABC 'yì' 2; Guoyu '義' n 6; Kroll 2015 '義' 3a, p. 550; NCCED 1 '义' 2)
  5. adjective just; righteous
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CED 1 '义' 2; Guoyu '義' adj 1; NCCED 1 '义' 3)
  6. adjective adopted
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'yì' bf 5; CED 1 '义' 4; Kroll 2015 '義' 3, p. 550; NCCED 1 '义' 4)
  7. noun a relationship
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'yì' bf 4; CED 1 '义' 3; NCCED 2 '义' 1)
  8. noun volunteer
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 义务 (ABC 'yì' bf 7)
  9. noun something suitable
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 合宜的事情 (Guoyu '義' n 1)
  10. noun a martyr
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 死节 (Guoyu '義' n 3)
  11. noun a law
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 法则 (Guoyu '義' n 4)
  12. proper noun Yi
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '義' n 7)
  13. noun Righteousness
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
    Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)

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