| 夷 | yí | non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out; to exterminate; to tear down; to raze |
| 东夷 | Dōng yí | Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC |
| 鄙夷 | bǐ yí | to despise; to look down upon; despicable |
| 三夷教 | sān yí jiào | the three foreign religions (Nestorianism, Manicheanism and Zoroastrianism) |
| 以夷制夷 | yǐ yí zhì yí | to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties); To use western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment (late Qing modernizing slogan). |
| 凌夷 | líng yí | to deteriorate; to decline; to slump; also written 陵夷 |
| 化险为夷 | huà xiǎn wéi yí | to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster |
| 匪夷所思 | fěi yí suǒ sī | fantastic; freak (accident etc) |
| 夏威夷 | Xià wēi yí | Hawaii, US state |
| 夏威夷岛 | Xià wēi yí dǎo | Hawaii island |
| 夏威夷州 | Xià wēi yí zhōu | Hawai, US state |
| 夷平 | yí píng | to level; to raze to the ground |
| 夷戮 | yí lù | to massacre |
| 夷旷 | yí kuàng | expansive; level and broad; broad-minded |
| 夷洲 | Yí zhōu | land of barbarians; name of Taiwan in 3rd century AD |
| 夷灭 | yí miè | to massacre; to die out |
| 夷为平地 | yí wéi píng dì | to level; to raze to the ground |
| 夷然 | yí rán | calm |
| 夷狄 | yí dí | non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China; barbarians |
| 夷犹 | yí yóu | to hesitate |
| 夷门 | Yí mén | the Yi gate of 大梁, capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states |
| 夷陵 | Yí líng | Yiling (barbarian mound), historical place name in Yichang county 宜昌县 Hubei, first mentioned in history (after its destruction by Qin) as burial place of the former Chu kings; Yiling district of Yichang city 宜昌市, Hubei |
| 夷陵区 | Yí líng qū | Yiling district of Yichang city 宜昌市, Hubei |
| 履险如夷 | lǚ xiǎn rú yí | to cross a ravine like flat ground; fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly; to keep a cool head in a crisis |
| 攘夷 | rǎng yí | to repel the barbarians |
| 武夷山 | Wǔ yí shān | Mt Wuyi in Fujian; Wuyishan nature reserve; Wuyishan county level city in Nanping 南平 Fujian |
| 武夷山市 | Wǔ yí shān shì | Wuyishan county level city in Nanping 南平 Fujian |
| 烧夷弹 | shāo yí dàn | fire bomb; incendiary device |
| 色夷 | sè yí | smiling genially; to beam |
| 虾夷葱 | xiā yí cōng | chive |
| 蛮夷 | mán yí | common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory; barbarian |
| 襟怀夷旷 | jīn huái yí kuàng | broad-minded |
| 逆夷 | nì yí | invaders (insulting term); foreign aggressors |
| 陵夷 | líng yí | to deteriorate; to decline; to slump; also written 凌夷 |
