Search the dictionary A Chinese word or character, or English Search 5 entries. sànyì 散佚 to be scattered and lost sànyì 散逸 to disperse and escape sànyìcéng 散逸层 exosphere sànyìcéng 散逸層 exosphere sānyíjiào 三夷教 the three foreign religions that had been introduced to China by the time of the Tang dynasty: Nestorianism, Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism