译

譯

yì

讠 + 𠬤

HSK 3.0Level 7

Definitions

yì (verb) to translate; to interpret

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 睪 represents the sound. Simplified form of 譯.

Semantic: 讠

About

译 is the simplified form of the traditional character 譯, and it is a phono-semantic compound character. The left radical 讠 (simplified from the cursive script of 言) indicates the semantic category of speech and communication, while the right component 睪 (yì) provides the pronunciation cue. Its original and common meaning is to translate or interpret—that is, to convert and communicate between different languages. During the simplification process, only the semantic component 言 was simplified to 讠, while the phonetic component 睪 remained unchanged. This reduced the number of strokes while completely retaining the meaning and phonetic clues associated with translation.

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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

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Simplified Modern

Example Sentences Hide

翻译很重要。

Fānyì hěn zhòngyào.

Translation is very important.

他正在翻译一本书。

Tā zhèngzài fānyì yī běn shū.

He is translating a book.

我们需要一名好翻译。

Wǒmen xūyào yī míng hǎo fānyì.

We need a good translator.

她把中文诗译成英文。

Tā bǎ zhōngwén shī yì chéng yīngwén.

She translates Chinese poetry into English.

这篇译文很准确。

Zhè piān yìwén hěn zhǔnquè.

This translation is very accurate.

翻译软件有时会出错。

Fānyì ruǎnjiàn yǒushí huì chūcuò.

Translation software sometimes makes mistakes.

他不仅翻译小说，还翻译电影字幕。

Tā bùjǐn fānyì xiǎoshuō, hái fānyì diànyǐng zìmù.

He not only translates novels but also movie subtitles.

跨文化交际中，翻译起着桥梁作用。

Kuà wénhuà jiāojì zhōng, fānyì qǐzhe qiáoliáng zuòyòng.

In cross-cultural communication, translation plays a bridging role.

Related Characters

Component: 讠

Component: 𠬤

译