以 yǐ

以 (yǐ) is a Chinese character with 4 strokes, taught at HSK level 2. This page gives its meaning, the words it appears in, and characters at the same level.

Meaning

以 means by means of / with in English.

Meanings in 13 languages

English	by means of / with
Spanish	por medio de
Portuguese	por meio de
French	au moyen de
German	mittels
Italian	per mezzo di
Russian	посредством
Arabic	بواسطة
Hindi	के द्वारा
Indonesian	dengan
Vietnamese	bằng
Japanese	〜をもって
Korean	~로써

Stroke order

Stroke-order animation for this character: open the writing tool with 以 loaded.

Words containing 以

• 以前 yǐqián — before / ago
• 以后 yǐhòu — after / later
• 可以吗？ kěyǐ ma? — is that okay?
• 我可以坐这儿吗？ wǒ kěyǐ zuò zhèr ma? — may I sit here?

Characters at the same level