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不意

bù yì

2-character word

What 不意 means

1. unexpectedly
2. unawareness
3. unpreparedness

The characters in 不意

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…

Words containing 不意

• 出其不意chū qí bù yìto do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard

Sounds the same

Read bù yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 不易not easy to do sth; difficult; unchanging
• 不义injustice
• 不亦(literary) isn't it truly …?; how … it is!