Meanings
yee1
alternative ye
- emphaticobsoletepersonalpronounObsolete form of ye.
Speak yee who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels, for yee behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, Day without Night, Circle his Throne, rejoycing, yee in Heav'n, On Earth joyn all yee Creatures to extoll.
1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC
Yee2
- A surname from Chinese.
“When I was growing up on the ranch, a retired Chinese man, who had farmed and lived all of his life in Vacaville, was living here on the ranch in a trailer. His name was Chong Yee. […]
1999 February 14, Kristin Delaplane, “Carrying on family’s agricultural tradition”, in Historical Articles of Solano County, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2025
Origin
- Cantonese爾 /尔
- Hokkien余
- Taishanese余
- Cantonese余
- EnglishYee
Borrowed from Cantonese 余 (jyu⁴) or Taishanese 余 (yi³) or Hokkien 余 (Î) or Cantonese 爾 /尔 (ji⁵).
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Cite this entry
yee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yee
“yee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yee. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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