ỷ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "y"

ỷ U+1EF7, ỷ LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH HOOK ABOVE Composition: y [U+0079] + ◌̉ [U+0309] ← Ỷ [U+1EF6] Latin Extended Additional Ỹ → [U+1EF8]

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔi˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˨˩˦]

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Etymology 1

Letter

ỷ (lower case, upper case Ỷ)

1. The letter y in hỏi tone.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 倚 (“to lean; to rely”).

Verb

ỷ

1. (derogatory) to rely; compare dựa (“to lean; to rely”, in a more positive way)

   ỷ (lại) vào ― to rely on

   thói ỷ lại ― (the bad habit/the disapprovable conduct of) reliance

   ỷ y ― to be very reassured

   Nó ỷ nó có bố là tai to mặt lớn.

   She's so full of herself thanks to her powerful father.

   Ỷ Thiên Đồ Long kí ― The Chronicles of the Heaven-Reliant Sword and the Dragon-Slaying Saber

Derived terms

• ỷ lại