| 毅 | [ yì ] firm and resolute, staunch |
| 毅力 | [ yì lì ] perseverance, willpower |
| 毅然 | [ yì rán ] firmly, resolutely, without hesitation |
| 毅然決然 | [ yì rán jué rán ] without hesitation, resolutely, firmly |
| ⇒ 剛毅 | [ gāng yì ] resolute, steadfast, stalwart |
| ⇒ 剛毅木訥 | [ gāng yì mù nè ] resolute and taciturn (idiom) |
| ⇒ 劉毅 | [ liú yì ] Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265-316), Liu Yi (-412), general of Eastern Jin dynasty 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317-420) |
| ⇒ 堅毅 | [ jiān yì ] firm and persistent, unswerving determination |
| ⇒ 方毅 | [ fāng yì ] Fang Yi (1916-1997), senior party apparatchik |
| ⇒ 有毅力 | [ yoǔ yì lì ] persevering, unwavering |
| ⇒ 柳毅傳 | [ liǔ yì zhuàn ] story of Liu Yi, Tang fantasy fiction by Li Chaowei 李朝威, popular with dramatist of subsequent dynasties |
| ⇒ 榮毅仁 | [ róng yì rén ] Rong Yiren (1916-2005), PRC Vice President from 1993-1998, played an important role in opening Chinese economy to Western investors |
| ⇒ 王毅 | [ wáng yì ] Wang Yi (1953-), PRC foreign minister (2013-) and state councilor (2018-) |
| ⇒ 范志毅 | [ fàn zhì yì ] Fan Zhiyi (1969-), soccer player |
| ⇒ 陳毅 | [ chén yì ] Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972 |