Sentence #13893776 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
男孩依旧沉默不语。
Nánhái yījiù chénmò bù yǔ.
The boy remained silent.
Sentence #8935964 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 依旧 is built
Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.
依yīto depend on
亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
衣clothes · yīSound part
亻 hints at the meaning (person); 衣 (yī) hints at the sound. Compare it with yī.
旧jiùold
丨line · gǔn
日sun · rì
How to write 依旧
依 8 strokes · 旧 5 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 依旧 (yījiù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
依旧 (yījiù) means “as before” or “still”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yījiù: yī with a 1st tone, then jiù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 依旧 is written 依舊. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yijiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 依旧 from the suggestions. Typing yijiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
依旧 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
依yī1st tone, high and level
旧jiù4th tone, falling
