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  • noun The Dayi method, a text-input method for Chinese characters invented after the Cāngjié method and designed to be faster. Like Cāngjié, this system is based on the character shape rather than phonetics.

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Examples

  • One day her brother, Agha Dayi, who was highly versed in the Qur'an and Sharia Islamic Law, took me to the mosque by the hand.

    Parisa Soultani: Rumi And The Love Of Women Parisa Soultani 2011

  • One day her brother, Agha Dayi, who was highly versed in the Qur'an and Sharia Islamic Law, took me to the mosque by the hand.

    Parisa Soultani: Rumi And The Love Of Women Parisa Soultani 2011

  • Disaster management official Askit Dayi said the body of a middle-aged man was found under one of two collapsed hotels, the Bayram Hotel, in the eastern city of Van.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • Aksit Dayi, a senior disaster management official, said the body of a middle-aged man was recovered under one of the two collapsed hotels, Bayram Hotel, in the eastern city of Van.

    CBC | Top Stories News 2011

  • "We are not able to hear any voices," said Disaster management official Askit Dayi.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Aksit Dayi, a senior disaster management official, said today that the body of a middle-aged man had been found under one of the two collapsed hotels, the Bayram, in the eastern city of Van.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • Aksit Dayi, a senior disaster management official, says rescue workers recovered the body of a middle-aged man under one of the two collapsed hotels in the eastern city of Van early Friday.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • "We hope to finish our search by midnight Friday at the latest," Dayi said.

    CBC | Top Stories News 2011

  • "We are not able to hear any voices," said Disaster management official Askit Dayi said Friday.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • "We are not able to hear any voice," of a survivor, said Dayi.

    CBC | Top Stories News 2011

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