頤 [颐]

Jyutping ji4
Pinyin yí

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. cheek
  2. lower cheek
  3. chin
  4. jaw
  5. to nourish
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. cheek/lower cheek/chin/jaw/to nourish
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語素
    腮
    cheek
    • 大快朵頤
      大快朵颐
      daai6 faai3 do2 ji4
      to pig out; literally: to move one's cheeks when eating happily
  2. 語素
    保養
    to keep; to nourish
    • 頤養天年
      颐养天年
      ji4 joeng5 tin1 nin4
      to spend one's remaining days happily
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character, literary
    to nourish; to maintain one's health
  2. character
    27th hexagram of the I Ching
  3. character, literary
    chin; jaw; cheek
  4. character
    a surname
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. cheeks
  2. jaw
  3. chin
  4. rear
  5. to nourish
  6. Cangjie Input - Traditional
    SLMBC
  7. Cangjie Input - Simplified
    SLMBO
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    爷爷退咗休之后，返乡下颐养天年，每日散步、捉棋。
    爺爺退咗休之後，返鄉下頤養天年，每日散步、捉棋。
    je4 je2 teoi3 zo2 jau1 zi1 hau6, faan1 hoeng1 haa2 ji4 joeng5 tin1 nin4, mui5 jat6 saan3 bou6, zuk1 kei2.
    • After retirement, grandpa returns to his native place and spends his late years there by strolling and playing chess every day.
  2. Cantonese
    「慈禧」系简称嚟㗎，全名系咩「孝钦慈禧端佑康颐昭豫庄诚寿恭钦献崇熙配天兴圣显皇后」呀。
    「慈禧」係簡稱嚟㗎，全名係咩「孝欽慈禧端佑康頤昭豫莊誠壽恭欽獻崇熙配天興聖顯皇后」呀。
    "ci4 hei1" hai6 gaan2 cing1 lai4 gaa3, cyun4 meng2 hai6 me1 "haau3 jam1 ci4 hei1 dyun1 jau6 hong1 ji4 ciu1 jyu6 zong1 sing4 sau6 gung1 jam1 hin3 sung4 hei1 pui3 tin1 hing1 sing3 hin2 wong4 hau6" aa3.
    • Empress Ci Hei is just a short-name. Her full title is - oh I nearly forgot – "Empress Haau Jam Ci Hei Dyun Jau Hong Ji Ciu Jyu Zong Sing Sau Gung Jam Hin Sung Hei Pui Tin Hing Sing Hin".
  3. Cantonese
    大快朵颐
    大快朵頤
    daai6 faai3 do2 ji4
    • to pig out; literally: to move one's cheeks when eating happily
  4. Cantonese
    颐养天年
    頤養天年
    ji4 joeng5 tin1 nin4
    • to spend one's remaining days happily
  5. Cantonese
    饿咗成日就系为咗喺今晚个自助餐度大快朵颐。
    餓咗成日就係為咗喺今晚個自助餐度大快朵頤。
    ngo6 zo2 seng4 jat6 zau6 hai6 wai6 zo2 hai2 gam1 maan5 go3 zi6 zo6 caan1 dou6 daai6 faai3 do2 ji4.
    • I've been starving the whole day for pigging out at tonight's buffet.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    程颐
    程頤
    chéng yí
    • Cheng Yi (Song dynasty philosopher)
  2. Mandarin
    蟆背似复盂，蟆颐如偃月。
    蟆背似覆盂，蟆頤如偃月。
    má bèi sì fù yú ， má yí rú yǎn yuè ．
    • The back of the frog is like an inverted basin; the cheeks of the frog are as a crescent moon.
  3. Mandarin
    也没有可以对中国人民颐指气使的教师爷
    也沒有可以對中國人民頤指氣使的教師爺
    yě méi yǒu kě yǐ duì zhōng guó rén mín yí zhǐ qì shǐ de jiào shī yé
    • There is also no such a tutor who can speak disdainfully toward Chinese people