义 (yì) — justice; righteousness; moral duty (in 义务, 义气); meaning; significance (in 含义, 定义); (bound form) adopted; artificial; volunteer (in 义子, 义肢, 义工)
Definition
义 is a bound morpheme, never used alone: it means 'righteousness / moral duty' (in 义务, 义气) or 'meaning' (in 含义, 定义), and also 'adopted / voluntary' (in 义子, 义工, 义肢).
bound form
justicerighteousnessmoral duty (in 义务, 义气)meaningsignificance (in 含义, 定义)(bound form) adoptedartificialvolunteer (in 义子, 义肢, 义工)
Examples
- ，。Tā tè bié jiǎng yì qi, péng you yǒu nán yí dìng bāng máng.He really values loyalty; if a friend is in trouble he will definitely help.
- 。Zhè liǎng gè cí de hán yì wán quán yí yàng.These two words have exactly the same meaning.
- ，。Tā tuì xiū hòu yì zhí zuò yì gōng, bāng zhù shè qū lǐ de lǎo rén.After retiring, he has been doing volunteer work to help the elderly in the community.
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