异 yì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 廾 — two hands
- Made of
- 巳 snake 廾 two hands
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
异常
yìcháng
unusual, abnormal; extremely
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Example phrases
- 设备运行异常，工程师立即停止了实验。 Shèbèi yùnxíng yìcháng, gōngchéngshī lìjí tíngzhǐ le shíyàn. The equipment was operating abnormally, so the engineer stopped the experiment immediately.
- 今天天气异常炎热，大家都躲在家里不出门。 Jīntiān tiānqì yìcháng yánrè, dàjiā dōu duǒ zài jiā lǐ bù chū mén. The weather is unusually hot today, so everyone is staying indoors.
- 他今天的表现很异常，好像有什么心事。 Tā jīntiān de biǎoxiàn hěn yìcháng, hǎoxiàng yǒu shénme xīnshì. He is acting strangely today, as if something is on his mind.
Related words
- 差异 chāyì difference
- 优异 yōuyì excellent
- 变异 biànyì to mutate; variation
- 诧异 chàyì astonished; surprised
- 大同小异 dàtóngxiǎoyì largely the same with minor differences
- 怪异 guàiyì strange; bizarre; oddity
- 求同存异 qiútóngcúnyì to seek common ground while reserving differences
- 日新月异 rìxīnyuèyì to change with each passing day; rapid progress
- 异口同声 yìkǒutóngshēng with one voice; unanimously
- 异想天开 yìxiǎngtiānkāi wildly fanciful; unrealistic
- 异性 yìxìng opposite sex
- 异议 yìyì objection; dissent