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ya¹(press): ya¹. ①ya¹ pou⁴.

ya¹ (girl/foot): ia¹. ①xiao³ ia¹ tou². ②jiao³ ia¹ zi.

ya¹ (duck): ngia¹ [ŋia]. ①ji¹ ngia¹ yu² rou⁴. ②chou³ xiao³ ngia¹. listen .

ya¹ (crow): dzia¹ [zia]. ① u¹ dzia¹. ②dzia¹ kue⁴ wu² sheng¹. listen .

ya² (tooth): ya². ①ya² diao⁴ le. ②zhang¹ ya² wu³ drao³.

ya² (sprout): dzia² [zia]. ①xiao³ shu⁴ fa¹ dzia² le. listen .

ya² (court): ngia² [ŋia]. ①ngia² men² kou³, chao² nam² kai¹. listen .

ya² (1.high bank; 2.river bank): yai² [jai]. ①tian¹ yai² hai³ ziao³. listen .

ya³ (dumb): ya³. ① juang¹ long² zuo⁴ ya³.

ya³ (decent): ngia³. ①you¹ ngia³. listen .

ya⁴ (Asia/runner-up): ya⁴. ①Ya⁴ Zhou¹. ②Dong¹ Nam² Ya⁴. ③ya⁴ jun¹.

ya⁴ (surprise): ngia⁴. ① zing¹ ngia⁴. listen .

yan¹ (smoke): yan¹. ①yan¹ xiao¹ yun² san⁴. ②chou¹ da⁴ yan².

yan¹ (flood): ngian¹ [ŋian]. ①da² shui³ ngian¹ le  long² wang² miao⁴. listen .

yan¹ (cut): yam¹ [jam]. ①yam¹ ge¹. listen .

yan² (speech): yan². ①yan² xing² I  zhi⁴.

yan² (salt): ian². ①you² ian² jang⁴ cu⁴.

yan² (color/face): ngian². ①ngian² se⁴. ②shu¹ zhong¹ zy⁴ you³ ngian² ru² yu⁴. listen .

yan² (extend/delay): dzian² ①dzian² chang². ② tua¹ dzian². listen .

yan² (1.tight; 2.hot/inflame): yam² ①ba² chuang¹ zi  guan¹ yam¹. ②sang³ zi  fa¹ yam². listen .

yan³ (eye): yan³. ①you³ yan³ wu² ju¹. ② may² lai² yan³ qyu⁴.

yan³ (perform): ngian³ [ŋian]. ①biao³ ngian³. listen .

yan³ (cover): yam³. ①yam³ gai⁴. listen .

yan⁴ (test): yan⁴. ① hyua⁴ yan⁴.

yan⁴ (dislike): yam⁴ [jam]. ①tao³ yam⁴. ②bai³ kan⁴ bu  yam⁴. listen .

yan⁴ (swallow): yane⁴. ①yane⁴ zi.

yan⁴ (wild goose): ngian⁴. ① da⁴ ngian⁴. ②ngian⁴ nam² fei¹. listen .

yan⁴ (banquet): dzian⁴ [zian]. ①dzian⁴ hui⁴. ②bai³ ji¹ dzian⁴. listen .

yang¹ (center): yang¹. ①zhong¹ yang¹.

yang¹ (1.seedling; 2.disaster): ngiang¹. ①cha¹ ngiang¹. ②zao¹ ngiang¹. listen .

yang² (1.sun/positive; 2.rise; 3.poplar): yang². ①yang² feng⁴ yin¹ vei². ② qim² tu³ fei¹ yang². ③yang² liu³ cheng² hang².

yang² (sheep): yange². ①fang⁴ yange². ②niu² yange² rou⁴.

yang² (ocean/foreign): ngiang². ①Tai⁴ Ping² Ngiang². ②ngiang² wei² zhong¹ yong⁴. listen .

yang³ (1.rest/cultivate; 2.oxygen): yang³. ①yang³ shen¹ zhi¹ dau⁴.

yang³ (itch): dziang³ [ziaŋ]. ①fa¹ dziang³. ②nao² dziang³ dziang³. listen .

yang³ (face upward): ngiang³ [ŋiaŋ]. ①ngiang³ uo⁴ qi³ juo⁴ . ②ngiang³ tian⁴ chang² tan⁴. listen .

yang⁴ (1.condition/type 2.water wave): yang⁴. ①zen³ me  yang⁴? ②duo¹ zhong³ duo¹ yang⁴. ③bee⁴ bo¹ dang⁴ yang³.

yang⁴ (looking unhappy): ngiang⁴. ①ngiang⁴ ngiang⁴ bu  le⁴. listen .

yang⁴ (illness): dziang⁴ [ziaŋ]. ①bie² lai² wu² dziang⁴? listen .

yao¹ (waist): yao¹. ①yao¹ gi¹ lao² sun³.

yao¹ (invite): ngiao¹. ① nging⁴ ngiao¹ fang³ wen⁴ Zhong¹ Guo². listen .

yao¹ (ghost): dziao¹ [zjau]. ①ren² dziao¹ dian¹ dao³. ②dziao¹ mo² gui³ guai⁴. listen .

yao² (shake): yao². ①di⁴ dong⁴ shan¹ yao⁴. ②yao²  a  yao², yao² dao⁴ wai⁴ po² qiao².

yao² (name of a minor ethic group): yau². ①yau² zou².

yao² (ballad/rumor): ngiao². ① gire¹ ngiao². ② zao⁴ ngiao². listen .

yao² (kiln/brothel): ngiau². ① zhuan¹ ngiau². ② guang⁴ ngiau² zi. listen .

yao² (remote): dziao² [zjau]. ①lu⁴ dziao² zhi¹ ma³ li⁴. listen .

yao³ (bite): yao³. ①gou³ yao³ gou³.

yao³ (distant): ngiao³. ①ngiao³ wu² yin¹ xin⁴. listen .

yao⁴ (want): yao⁴. ①nin² yao⁴ shen² me?

yao⁴ (drug): dziao⁴. ①zhong¹ cao³ dziao⁴. ② liange² dziao⁴ ku³ kou³. listen .

yao⁴ (show off/shine): ngiao⁴. ①ngiao⁴ vou³ yang² uei¹. ②zhao⁴ ngiao⁴. listen .

ye¹ (choke): ye¹. in¹ ye¹ fay⁴ shi².

ye² (grandfather): ye². ①Wang² da⁴ ye², nin² zao³.

ye³ (also): ye³. ① ni³ ye³ lai² ba.

ye³ (field/wild): ngie³ [ŋiε]. ①ngie³ sheng¹ dong⁴ wu⁴. ②ngie³ mao¹. ③ngie³ gou³. listen .

ye⁴ (night): ye⁴. ①jun¹ gang³ d ye⁴ a, jing⁴ kiao¹ kiao¹ .

ye⁴ (liquid): ngie⁴. ①wu³ liange² ngie⁴. listen .

ye⁴ (1.leaf; 2.page): ie⁴. ①luo⁴ ie⁴ gui¹ gen¹. ②di-5  ie⁴.

ye⁴ (business): dzie⁴ [ziε]. ①tong³ I  da⁴ dzie⁴. ②gong¹ dzie⁴. ③nong² dzie⁴. listen .

yi¹ (one): I . ①I  ar⁴ san¹. ②shuo¹ I  bu  ar⁴.

yi¹ (clothing): y¹ [i]. ①y¹ shi² zhu⁴ xing². ② finge¹ y¹ zu² shi².

yi¹ (medicine): yi¹. ①ta¹ sh⁴ xue² yi¹ d. ②que¹ yi¹ shao³ yau⁴ .

yi¹ (he/she/it): yee¹. ①xia⁴ che² yee¹ sh³.

yi¹ (bow): ngi¹ [ŋi]. ①zuo¹ ngi¹. listen .

yi² (one): I. ①Zhong¹ Guo² sh⁴ I  ge  da⁴ guo².

yi² (aunt): yi². ①Wang² a¹ yi². ②qi¹ da⁴ gu¹, ba¹ da⁴ yi².

yi² (fit): y². ①qi⁴ hou⁴ y² ren². ②lao³ shao⁴ zye¹ y².

yi² (lose/heritage): ngi² [ŋi]. ①lu⁴ bu  shi² ngi². ②ngi² chan³. listen .

yi² (move): yee². ①yee² shan² tian² hai³. ②jian¹ ding⁴ bu  yee².

yi² (question): ngei² [ŋei]. ①ngei² wen⁴. ②jian¹ xin⁴ bu  ngei². listen .

yi³ (already): yi³. ①yi³ ging¹.

yi³ (1.chair; 2.rely): y³. ①y³ zi. ②zhuo¹ y³ ban³ deng⁴. ③bu  pian¹ bu  y³.

yi³ (ant): ngi³. ①ma³ ngi³. listen .

yi⁴ (one): I . ①I  ben³ shu¹.

yi⁴ (1.hundred million; 2.-ism/significance): yi⁴. ①sh² ar⁴ yi⁴. ②gong⁴ chan³ zhu³ yi⁴. ③yi⁴ wu² fan³ gw⁴.

yi⁴ (easy): y⁴. ①rong² y⁴. ②y⁴ ru² fan³ zhange³.

yi⁴ (art): ngi⁴. ①wen² ngi⁴. ② ngi⁴ gao¹ ren² dan³ da⁴. listen .

yi⁴ (disease): ngei⁴ [ŋei]. ① ven² ngei⁴. listen .

yi⁴ (different): yire⁴ [jiə]. ①yire⁴ duan² sie² shuo¹. listen .

yin¹ (sound): yin¹. ①fa¹ yin¹. ②pin¹ yin¹.

yin¹ (cause): in¹. ① kian² in¹ hou⁴ guo³.

yin¹ (cloudy): yim¹ [jim]. ①yim¹ zhuan³ duo¹ yun². ②yim¹ sheng⁴ yang² xuai¹. listen .

yin¹ (ample): ngin¹. ①ngin¹ qie⁴ d  ki¹ vang⁴. listen .

yin² (silver): yin². ① gim¹ yin² cai² bao³.

yin² (boundary): ngin² [ŋin]. ①I  vang⁴ wu² ngin². listen .

yin² (moan/sing): yim² [jim]. ① shem¹ yim². ②yim² xei¹ zuo⁴ hwa⁴. listen .

yin³ (1.attract; 2.addict): yin³. ① sei¹ yin³. ②shang⁴ yin³.

yin³ (hide): ngin³. ①ngin³ cang². ②ngin³ ngin³ yue¹ yue¹. listen .

yin³ (drink): yim³ [jim]. ①yim³ shui³. listen .

yin⁴ (print): yin⁴. ①yin⁴ shua¹.

yin⁴ (feed animals with water): yim⁴. ①yim⁴ sheng¹ kou³. listen .

ying¹ (1.hero; 2.cherry): ying¹. ①qun² ying¹ hui⁴. ②sa⁴ shuang³ ying¹ zi¹. ③ying¹ tao² hao³ chi¹ shu⁴ nane² zai¹.

ying¹ (should): nging¹. ①nging¹ gai¹. ②nging¹ you³ jim⁴ you³. listen .

ying² (1.win; 2.welcome): ying². ①shui² ying² le? ②ying² jie².

ying² (1.full; 2.manage/nutrition): nging². ① nge⁴ gwan⁴ man³ nging². ②nging² ngie⁴. ③nging² yang³. listen .

ying³ (film/shadow): ying³. ①ying³ xiang³. ② lee⁴ gan¹ jian⁴ ying³.

ying⁴ (hard): ying⁴. ①jian¹ ying⁴. ②ying⁴ gu² tou².

ying⁴ (reflect): dzing⁴ [ziŋ]. ①dzing⁴ zhao⁴. ②dzing⁴ shan¹ hong². listen .

ying⁴ (response): nging⁴. ①fan³ nging⁴ hen³ kuai⁴. listen .

yo (int.): yo. yo, ni³ lai² le.

yong¹ (1.possess/support; 2.medicore): yong¹. ①yong¹ you³. ②yong¹ hw⁴. ③yong¹ ren² zy⁴ rao³.

yong³ (forever): yong³. ①yong³ bu bian⁴ xin¹.

yong³ (1.swim; 2.strong wave): yonge³. ①you² yonge³. ②xiong¹ yong³ peng² pai⁴.

yong³ (1.brave; 2.active): dzong³ [zuŋ]. ①dzong³ gan³. ②dzong³ yua⁴. listen .

yong⁴ (1.use; 2.servant): yong⁴. ①yong⁴ wan¹ le.

you¹ (exellent): you¹. ①you¹ xiu⁴.

you¹ (1.worry; 2.long/slow; 3.deep/secluded): ngiu¹ [ŋiou]. ①ngiu¹ chou². ② man⁴ ngiu¹ ngiu¹. ③ngiu¹ hui⁴. listen .

you² (1.oil; 2.from/because/reason): you². ①jia¹ you² zhan⁴. ②you² qian³ ru⁴ shem¹.

you² (swim/tour): ngiu². ①fu⁴ mu³ zai⁴, bu  yuan³ ngiu². ②ngiu² shan¹ uan¹ shui³. listen .

you³ (have): you³. ① nging¹ you³ jim⁴ you³. ②you³ mei² you³ qian²?

you³ (friend): yoe³ [jou]. ①peng² yoe³. ②hu² peng² gou³ yoe³.

you⁴ (right): you⁴. ①zuo³ you⁴ wei² nuan².

you⁴ (again): yoe⁴ [jou]. ①yoe⁴ jing¹ yoe⁴ hi³.

you⁴ (1.attract; 2.protect): ngiu⁴ [ŋiou]. ① syun² syun² shan⁴ ngiu⁴. ②shang⁴ dire⁴ bao³ ngiu⁴. listen .

you⁴ (young): dziu⁴ [ziou]. ①dziu⁴ er² yuan⁴. listen .

yu¹ (mud): yu¹. ①yu¹ ni².

yu¹ (circle): ngyu¹ [ŋy]. ①ngyu¹ hui². listen .

yu² (1. fish/fishing; 2.therefore/thus): yu². ①da⁴ yu² da⁴ rou⁴. ②ji¹ ngia¹ yu² rou⁴. ③yu² sh⁴ . . ④guan¹ yu² . .

yu² (extra): ngyu². ①nian² nian² you³ ngyu². listen .

yu³ (1.language; 2.and): yu³. ①wai⁴ guo² yu³. ②niao³ yu³ hua¹ siang¹. ③Li³ Bai² yu³ Du⁴ Fu³.

yu³ (rain): yw³ [y]. ①xia⁴ yw³. ②ji² feng¹ bao⁴ yw³.

yu³ (universe): ngyu³ [ŋy]. ①ngyu³ zhou⁴. listen .

yu³ (island): dzyu³. ①daw³ dzyu³. ②Gw³ Lang⁴ Dzyu³. listen .

yu⁴ (jade): yu⁴. ①pao¹ zhuan³ yin³ yu⁴.

yu⁴ (1.meet; 2.desire): yw⁴ [y]. ①xiang¹ yw⁴. ②bai³ nian² bu  yw⁴. ③wei² suo³ yw⁴ wei².

yu⁴ (educate): dzyu⁴ [zy]. ① jiau⁴ dzyu⁴. ②yang³ dzyu⁴. listen .

yu⁴ (prison): ngyu⁴ [ŋy]. ①jian¹ ngyu⁴. ②lwang² dang¹ ru⁴ ngyu⁴. listen .

yuan¹ (injustice): yuan¹. ① ming¹ yuan¹ jiao⁴ cyu¹.

yuan² (1.round; 2.park; 3.Unit of RMB): yuan². ①gong¹ yuan². ② tua³ yuan².

yuan² (1.origin; 2.foundtain head): ngyuan² [ŋyan]. ①ngyuan² ngyuan² ben³ ben³. ② yim³ shui³ see¹ ngyuan². listen .

yuan³ (far): yuan³. ①yuan³ bu  yuan³? ②yuan³ zou³ gao¹ fei¹.

yuan⁴ (courtyard): yuan⁴. ①yuan⁴ zi. ②da⁴ za² yuan⁴r.

yuan⁴ (wish): ywan⁴ [yan]. ①xin¹ ywan⁴. ②xin¹ gan¹ cing² ywan⁴.

yuan⁴ (complain): ngyuan⁴. ①bao⁴ ngyuan⁴. ②ngyuan⁴ shing¹ zai³ dau⁴. listen .

yue¹ (about): yue¹. ①da⁴ yue¹. ②yin³ yin³ yue¹ yue¹.

yue¹ (say): ngue¹ [ŋyε]. ①Zi³ ngue¹. ②Zi³ zai⁴ chwan¹ shang⁴ ngue¹. listen .

yue⁴ (moon/month): yue⁴. ①man³ yue⁴. ② juo⁴ yue⁴ zi.

yue⁴ (1.more/get over; 2.mountains): ngue⁴ [ŋyε]. ①ngue⁴ lai² ngue⁴ hao³. ②fan¹ shan¹ ngue⁴ ling³. ③yao² shan¹ zhen⁴ ngue⁴. listen .

yue⁴ (music): ue⁴ [yε]. ①yin¹ ue⁴.

yue⁴ (1.read; 2.happy): dzue⁴ [zyε]. ① dzue⁴ dw². ② hi³ dzue⁴. listen .

yue⁴ (jump/leap): yua⁴ [ya]. ①da⁴ yua⁴ zin⁴. listen .

yun¹ (dizzy): yun¹. ①tou² yun¹ nao³ zhang⁴. ②yun¹ tou² zhuan⁴ xiang⁴.

yun² (cloud): yun². ①yun² zhe¹ ngu⁴ zhang⁴. ② yim¹ zhuan³ duo¹ yun².

yun² (average): dzyun² [zyn]. ① gun¹ dzyun². listen .

yun³ (permit): yun³. ①yun³ xyu³.

yun⁴ (transport/luck): yun⁴. ①yun⁴ xw¹ . ②zhuang⁴ da⁴ yun⁴.

yun⁴ (pregnant): ngyun⁴ [ŋyn]. ①huai² ngyun⁴. ②ngyun⁴ fou⁴. listen .

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