伊利 (yī lì) — Yili (Chinese dairy brand) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Yili (Chinese dairy brand)

Examples

伊利。
yī lì Shì zhōng guó zuì dà de rǔ zhì pǐn gōng sī zhī yī.
Yili is one of China's largest dairy companies.
伊利。
Wǒ měi tiān zǎo shàng dōu hē yì bēi yī lì niú nǎi.
I drink a glass of Yili milk every morning.
伊利。
yī lì De chǎn pǐn zài hǎi wài yě hěn shòu huān yíng.
Yili's products are also very popular overseas.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻尹伊

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

尹

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 亻 shows a person. The right part 尹 is used for the sound.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

禾禾hégrain
刀刀dāoknife

利 combines 禾 (grain) and 刀 (knife), showing a knife used to cut grain.

Appears in

Business & Commerce

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