遗 yí to lose
怎么记住“遗”: 辶 walking + 贵 expensive = to lose. Her expensive camera slips out of her bag while the tourist is walking to the bus, the one thing she never wanted to lose.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
遗 = 辶 walking + 贵 expensive
- 辶 walking meaning
- 贵 expensive sound
- 𠀐 shopping basket
- 贝 sea shell
Her expensive camera slips out of her bag while the tourist is walking to the bus, the one thing she never wanted to lose.
How it came to be
Moving gives the meaning, and the part that means expensive gives the sound.
用法
- Formal, written-register character: the everyday spoken verb for "lose (an object)" is 丢 diū, not 遗.
- 很遗憾 (hěn yíhàn) "unfortunately / it's a pity" is the most useful compound, a polite way to express regret, e.g. when declining an invitation.
- Most other compounds cluster around "what is left behind": 遗产 yíchǎn (inheritance/heritage), 遗传 yíchuán (heredity), 遗嘱 yízhǔ (a will).
- 遗体 yítǐ is the respectful, formal word for a corpse used in obituaries and funerals, unlike the blunt 尸体.
含“遗”的词语
- 遗憾yíhànregretHSK 5
- 遗产yíchǎnheritageHSK 6
- 遗传yíchuánheredityHSK 6
- 遗址yízhǐruinsHSK 6
- 后遗症hòuyízhèngsequelaeHSK 8
- 遗体yítǐremains (of a dead person)HSK 9
- 遗嘱yízhǔtestamentHSK 9
- 遗失yíshīto loseHSK 9
- 遗弃yíqìto leaveHSK 9
- 遗忘yíwàngto forgetHSK 9
- 遗漏yílòuto overlookHSK 9
- 遗物yíwùremnantHSK 9
- 遗留yíliúto leave behindHSK 9