| 遗 | [ yí ] to lose, to leave behind, to omit, to bequeath, sth lost, involuntary discharge (of urine etc) |
| 遗作 | [ yí zuò ] posthumous work |
| 遗传 | [ yí chuán ] heredity, to inherit (a trait), to pass on (to one's offspring) |
| 遗传信息 | [ yí chuán xìn xī ] genetic information |
| 遗传学 | [ yí chuán xué ] genetics |
| 遗传工程 | [ yí chuán gōng chéng ] genetic engineering |
| 遗传性 | [ yí chuán xìng ] hereditary, inherited, genetic |
| 遗传性疾病 | [ yí chuán xìng jí bìng ] genetic disorder |
| 遗传物质 | [ yí chuán wù zhì ] genetic material |
| 遗传率 | [ yí chuán lǜ ] heritability |
| 遗像 | [ yí xiàng ] portrait of the deceased |
| 遗嘱 | [ yí zhǔ ] testament, will |
| 遗址 | [ yí zhǐ ] ruins, historic relics |
| 遗墨 | [ yí mò ] posthumous (painting, calligraphy, prose etc) |
| 遗失 | [ yí shī ] to lose, lost |
| 遗妻 | [ yí qī ] widow, the deceased's widow |
| 遗妻弃子 | [ yí qī qì zǐ ] to abandon wife and children |
| 遗孀 | [ yí shuāng ] widow |
| 遗存 | [ yí cún ] historical remains, things that have survived since ancient times, (of such things) to survive |
| 遗孤 | [ yí gū ] orphan |
| 遗害无穷 | [ yí haì wú qióng ] to have disastrous consequences, also written 貽害無窮|贻害无穷[yi2 hai4 wu2 qiong2] |
| 遗容 | [ yí róng ] body of the deceased (esp. in the context of paying one's respects), picture of the deceased |
| 遗尿 | [ yí ] bed-wetting |
| 遗属 | [ yí shǔ ] surviving family of the deceased |
| 遗志 | [ yí zhì ] the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on |
| 遗忘 | [ yí wàng ] to become forgotten, to forget |
| 遗忘症 | [ yí wàng zhèng ] amnesia |
| 遗恨 | [ yí hèn ] eternal regret |
| 遗憾 | [ yí hàn ] regret, to regret, to be sorry that |
| 遗教 | [ yí ] work or plans left as a legacy, the views of the departed, posthumous orders or teachings |
| 遗族 | [ yí zú ] the bereaved, family of the deceased |
| 遗书 | [ yí shū ] posthumous writing, testament, suicide note, ancient literature |
| 遗案 | [ yí àn ] unsolved case (law) |
| 遗弃 | [ yí qì ] to leave, to abandon |
| 遗民 | [ yí mín ] (lit.) leftover men, (fig.) loyalist adherents of a former dynasty, surviving members of an ethnic group |
| 遗漏 | [ yí loù ] to overlook, to miss, to omit |
| 遗照 | [ yí zhaò ] picture of the deceased |
| 遗物 | [ yí wù ] remnant |
| 遗珠 | [ yí zhū ] unrecognized talent |
| 遗产 | [ yí chǎn ] heritage, legacy, inheritance, bequest, CL:筆|笔[bi3] |
| 遗产税 | [ yí chǎn shuì ] inheritance tax, estate tax |
| 遗男 | [ yí nán ] orphan, posthumous son |
| 遗留 | [ yí liú ] to leave behind, to hand down |
| 遗稿 | [ yí gaǒ ] surviving manuscript, bequeathed draft (of book) |
| 遗精 | [ yí jīng ] nocturnal emission, wet dream |
| 遗缺 | [ yí quē ] vacancy |
| 遗老 | [ yí laǒ ] old fogy, adherent of previous dynasty |
| 遗腹子 | [ yí fù zǐ ] posthumous child |
| 遗臭万年 | [ yí choù wàn nián ] to have one's name go down in history as a byword for infamy (idiom) |
| 遗落 | [ yí luò ] to leave behind (inadvertently), to forget, to omit, to leave out |
| 遗著 | [ yí zhù ] posthumous work (of a writer) |
| 遗蜕 | [ yí tuì ] to shed skin, to leave one's mortal envelope, remains (of a priest) |
| 遗言 | [ yí yán ] words of the deceased, last words of the dying, wisdom of past sages |
| 遗训 | [ yí xùn ] wishes of the deceased |
| 遗诏 | [ yí zhaò ] posthumous edict (of former emperor) |
| 遗赠 | [ yí zèng ] to bequeath |
| 遗迹 | [ yí jì ] trace, vestige, historical remains, remnant |
| 遗愿 | [ yí yuàn ] final wishes of the departed |
| 遗风 | [ yí fēng ] tradition or style from the past, old ways, surviving tradition, relic |
| 遗骨 | [ yí gǔ ] (dead) human remains |
| 遗骸 | [ yí haí ] (dead) human remains |
| 遗体 | [ yí tǐ ] remains (of a dead person) |
| 遗体告别式 | [ yí tǐ gaò bié shì ] funeral |
| 遗鸥 | [ yí oū ] (bird species of China) relict gull (Ichthyaetus relictus) |
| ⇒ 一览无遗 | [ yī lǎn wú yí ] be plainly visible |
| ⇒ 不遗余力 | [ bù yí yú lì ] to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost |
| ⇒ 且末遗址 | [ qiě mò yí zhǐ ] ruins of Cherchen, Qarqan or Chiemo, archaeological site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang |
| ⇒ 世界文化遗产 | [ shì jiè wén huà yí chǎn ] (UNESCO) World Cultural Heritage |
| ⇒ 世界文化遗产地 | [ shì jiè wén huà yí chǎn dì ] World Heritage site |
| ⇒ 先帝遗诏 | [ xiān dì yí zhaò ] posthumous edict of former emperor, Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 edict to posterity |
| ⇒ 光遗传学 | [ guāng yí chuán xué ] optogenetics |
| ⇒ 分子遗传学 | [ fēn zǐ yí chuán xué ] molecular genetics |
| ⇒ 刘涓子鬼遗方 | [ liú juān zǐ guǐ yí fāng ] Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼 |
| ⇒ 千古遗恨 | [ qiān gǔ yí hèn ] to have eternal regrets (idiom) |
| ⇒ 半坡遗址 | [ bàn pō yí zhǐ ] Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安 |
| ⇒ 梦遗 | [ mèng yí ] wet dream, nocturnal emission (ejaculation) |
| ⇒ 姑息遗患 | [ gū xī yí huàn ] to tolerate is to abet |
| ⇒ 孑遗 | [ jié yí ] survivors, remnants, relict (species etc) |
| ⇒ 孑遗生物 | [ jié yí shēng wù ] living fossil |
| ⇒ 小学而大遗 | [ xué ér dà yí ] to concentrate on trivial points while neglecting the main problem (idiom) |
| ⇒ 后遗症 | [ hoù yí zhèng ] (medicine) sequelae, residual effects, (fig.) repercussions, aftermath |
| ⇒ 拾遗 | [ shí yí ] to pocket a lost article, (fig.) to correct others' errors, to remedy omissions (in a text etc) |
| ⇒ 拾遗补缺 | [ shí yí bǔ quē ] to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom) |
| ⇒ 排遗 | [ paí yí ] feces, excrement, scat, droppings, to egest, to get (one's feelings) out, to rid oneself (of a thought) |
| ⇒ 文化遗产 | [ wén huà yí chǎn ] cultural heritage |
| ⇒ 暴露无遗 | [ baò lù wú yí ] to lay bare, to come to light |
| ⇒ 历史遗产 | [ lì shǐ yí chǎn ] heritage, historical legacy |
| ⇒ 历史遗迹 | [ lì shǐ yí jì ] historical remains, historic monuments |
| ⇒ 河姆渡遗址 | [ hé mǔ dù yí zhǐ ] Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo 長江|长江 in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC |
| ⇒ 派遗 | [ paì yí ] to send (sb) on a mission, to dispatch |
| ⇒ 沧海遗珠 | [ cāng haǐ yí zhū ] undiscovered talent (idiom) |
| ⇒ 无遗 | [ wú yí ] completely, fully, without omission |
| ⇒ 留遗 | [ liú yí ] to leave behind, sb's legacy |
| ⇒ 破坏无遗 | [ pò wú yí ] damaged beyond repair |
| ⇒ 纤悉无遗 | [ xiān xī wú yí ] detailed and nothing left out (idiom); meticulous and comprehensive, not missing an iota |
| ⇒ 表观遗传学 | [ guān yí chuán xué ] epigenetics |
| ⇒ 表露无遗 | [ lù wú yí ] to show in full light, to be revealed in its entirety |
| ⇒ 补缺拾遗 | [ bǔ quē shí yí ] see 拾遺補缺|拾遗补缺[shi2 yi2 bu3 que1] |
| ⇒ 补遗 | [ bǔ yí ] addendum |
| ⇒ 详尽无遗 | [ xiáng jìn wú yí ] exhaustive, thorough |
| ⇒ 路不拾遗 | [ lù bù shí yí ] lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom), fig. honesty prevails throughout society |
| ⇒ 轶事遗闻 | [ yì shì yí wén ] anecdote (about historical person), lost or apocryphal story |
| ⇒ 逸事遗闻 | [ yì shì yí wén ] variant of 軼事遺聞|轶事遗闻[yi4 shi4 yi2 wen2] |
| ⇒ 道不拾遗 | [ daò bù shí yí ] lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom), fig. honesty prevails throughout society |
| ⇒ 阑遗 | [ lán yí ] unclaimed articles |
| ⇒ 阖闾城遗址 | [ hé lǘ chéng yí zhǐ ] ruins of capital city of King Helu of Wu, from 6th century BC, at modern Wuxi, Jiangsu |
| ⇒ 非物质文化遗产 | [ feī wù zhì wén huà yí chǎn ] (UNESCO) Intangible Cultural Heritage |
| ⇒ 非遗传多型性 | [ feī yí chuán duō xíng xìng ] polyphenism |
| ⇒ 靡有孑遗 | [ mǐ yoǔ jié yí ] all dead and no survivors |
| ⇒ 养痈遗患 | [ yǎng yōng yí huàn ] lit. to foster an ulcer and bequeath a calamity (idiom); tolerating budding evil can only lead to disaster, to cherish a viper in one's bosom |
| ⇒ 养虎遗患 | [ yǎng hǔ yí huàn ] Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later, to cherish a snake in one's bosom |