| 役 | yì | forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle |
| 奴役 | nú yì | to enslave; slavery |
| 战役 | zhàn yì | military campaign |
| 兵役 | bīng yì | military service |
| 劳役 | láo yì | forced labor; corvée (labor required of a serf); animal labor |
| 服役 | fú yì | to serve in the army; in active service |
| 拘役 | jū yì | detention |
| 使役 | shǐ yì | to use (an animal or servant); working (animal); (beast) of burden; causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc) |
| 役畜 | yì chù | draft animal; beast of burden |
| 役使 | yì shǐ | to put to work (servant or animal); to make use of for labor |
| 差役 | chā yì | forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée); bailiff of feudal yamen |
| 苦役 | kǔ yì | forced labor; corvée; penal servitude |
| 现役 | xiàn yì | (military) active duty |
| 仆役 | pú yì | servant |
| 中途岛战役 | Zhōng tú dǎo Zhàn yì | Battle of Midway, June 1942 |
| 孟良崮战役 | Mèng liáng gù zhàn yì | battle of Mt Mengliang in Shandong of 1947 between the Nationalists and Communists |
| 平津战役 | Píng jīn zhàn yì | Pingjin Campaign |
| 役使动物 | yì shǐ dòng wù | draft animals; beasts of burden |
| 斯大林格勒战役 | Sī dà lín gé lè Zhàn yì | Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the bloodiest battles in history, when the Germans failed to take Stalingrad, were then trapped and destroyed by Soviet forces |
| 淮海战役 | Huái hǎi zhàn yì | Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-May 1949) |
| 瓜达卡纳尔战役 | Guā dá kǎ nà ěr zhàn yì | battle of Guadalcanal of late 1942, the turning point of the war in the Pacific |
| 田役 | tián yì | farm work |
| 毕其功于一役 | bì qí gōng yú yī yì | accomplish the whole task at one stroke |
| 退役 | tuì yì | to retire from the military; to demobilize; to decommission; retired from use |
| 避役 | bì yì | chameleon |
| 杂役 | zá yì | odd jobs; part-time worker |
| 靖难之役 | jìng nán zhī yì | war of 1402 between successors of the first Ming Emperor |
| 预备役军人 | yù bèi yì jūn rén | reserve troops |
| 驱役 | qū yì | to order (somebody) about; (by extension) to put to use |
