"腋" Chinese-English Dictionary

腋 yè

Radical: 肉 (6 traits)
Number of strokes: 12
Structure: gauche et droite

Cangjie: BYOK 月卜人大
Sijiao: 7024.7
Wubi: EYWY
GB 2312: D2B8
Big5: B5C5
Unicode: U+814B

Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
腋	yè	armpit / (biology) axilla / (botany) axil / Taiwan pr. [yi4]	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
腋下	yè xià	underarm / armpit	syn
腋窝腋窩	yè wō	armpit	syn
腋毛	yè máo	armpit hair
腋臭	yè chòu	body odor / bromhidrosis / armpit odor / underarm stink / also called 狐臭[hu2 chou4]
腋生	yè shēng	axillary (botany) / budding in the angle between branch and stem
腋芽	yè yá	axillary bud / bud growing from axil of plant	syn
腋下汗	yè xià hàn	bromhidrosis / body odor

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
肘腋	zhǒu yè	lit. armpit / elbow and armpit / fig. right up close (to a disaster) / in one's backyard / on one's doorstep
集腋成裘	jí yè chéng qiú	many hairs make a fur coat (idiom) / many small contributions add up to sth big / many a mickle makes a muckle	syn
变生肘腋變生肘腋	biàn shēng zhǒu yè	lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom) / a major coup happening on one's doorstep / trouble or danger in one's own backyard