遗 (yí) means To lose (leaves behind). Below are 12 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这是一件 遗 憾的事。
Zhè shì yí jiàn yíhàn de shì.
This is a regrettable matter.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 遗憾
这种病和 遗 传有关。
Zhè zhǒng bìng hé yíchuán yǒuguān.
This illness is related to heredity.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遗传
他把 遗 产捐给了学校。
Tā bǎ yíchǎn juān gěi le xuéxiào.
He left his estate to the school.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遗产
现场 遗 留了一些线索。
Xiànchǎng yíliú le yìxiē xiànsuǒ.
Some clues were left at the scene.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遗留
他 遗 失了自己的证件。
Tā yíshī le zìjǐ de zhèngjiàn.
He lost his identity papers.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遗失
没能去看他，我很 遗 憾。
Méi néng qù kàn tā, wǒ hěn yíhàn.
I regret not being able to go and see him.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 遗憾
有些 遗 憾是弥补不了的。
Yǒuxiē yíhàn shì míbǔ bu liǎo de.
Some regrets cannot be made good.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 弥补
这是历史 遗 留下来的问题。
Zhè shì lìshǐ yíliú xiàlái de wèntí.
This is a problem left over from history.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遗留
遗 失物品请到服务台登记。
Yíshī wùpǐn qǐng dào fúwùtái dēngjì.
Please register lost items at the service desk.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遗失
他的音乐天赋可能是 遗 传的。
Tā de yīnyuè tiānfù kěnéng shì yíchuán de.
His musical gift may be inherited.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遗传
这些古建筑是宝贵的文化 遗 产。
Zhèxiē gǔ jiànzhù shì bǎoguì de wénhuà yíchǎn.
These ancient buildings are precious cultural heritage.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遗产
人们排队瞻仰这位老人的 遗 容。
Rénmen páiduì zhānyǎng zhè wèi lǎorén de yíróng.
People queued to pay their last respects to the old man.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 瞻仰
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Words that contain 遗
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Questions about 遗
How is 遗 used in a sentence?
This page shows 12 sentences using 遗 (yí, "To lose (leaves behind)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 遗 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 遗 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 遗?
The dictionary page for 遗 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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