以

with, by means of; so as to

No. 23 most used · 0.46% of everyday spoken Chinese: about 1 character in every 219.

How it's built

• 人person

A way to remember it

A person (人) beside a tool: getting things done by means of it.

Words

• 可以

  kě yǐ

  can; may; possible
• 所以

  suǒ yǐ

  therefore; as a result; so
• 以为

  yǐ wéi

  to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
• 以前

  yǐ qián

  before; formerly; previous
• 以后

  yǐ hòu

  after; later; afterwards
• 以及

  yǐ jí

  and; as well as

Sentences

• 从此以后我自由了。

  cóng cǐ yǐ hòu wǒ zì yóu le

  Now I am free.
• 他以为什么都知道。

  tā yǐ wéi shén me dōu zhī dào

  He thinks he knows everything.
• 任何人都可以做到。

  rèn hé rén dōu kě yǐ zuò dào

  Anyone can do that.
• 任何时间我都可以。

  rèn hé shí jiān wǒ dōu kě yǐ

  Any time will suit me.

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How often characters are written: wordfreq by Robyn Speer, CC BY-SA 4.0, with data from Google Books Ngrams and SUBTLEX by Marc Brysbaert and others. Meanings: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sentences: Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. How often they're said: FrequencyWords and OPUS, from OpenSubtitles.