| 宜 | 923B40 62.30-4 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄧˊ [yi2] | ||
| N. | (1) Propriety, appropriateness (of arrangement, remark). (2) 事宜 affairs in gen.; 機宜 measures for coping with a given situation: 請示機宜 ask for instructions from superior. | |||||
| Vb. aux. | (LL) Should: 宜速歸 should return home immediately; 不宜如此 should not be like this. | |||||
| V.t. | To suit, to fit in properly: 宜室宜家 (of bride) be a good wife, live harmoniously in new home; 不宜 do not fit in well. | |||||
| Adj. | Proper, suitable: 合宜 ditto; 便 ([pian2]) 宜 inexpensive; 不宜 not proper; 宜於 is suitable for; 宜乎 (LL) it is natural (that s.t. happens). | |||||
| Words | 1. 宜昌 [yi2chan1], n., a port in Hupeh Province (湖北省). 2. 宜男 [yi2nan1], adj., (of women) prone to have male children. 3. 宜人 [yi2ren2], n., (of woman) agreeable person; formerly, a lady of the 5th rank. 4. 宜興 [yi2xing1], n., a city in Kiangsu Province (江蘇省); 宜興陶器 famous pottery of Yirshing. | |||||