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主意

zhǔ yi

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Measure word 个

主意 (zhǔ yi) means "plan". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 主意 means

1. plan
2. idea
3. decision
4. Beijing pr. zhú yi

The characters in 主意

• 主zhǔowner; master; host
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…

Example sentences

• 好主意！
  Good idea!
• 我没主意了。
  I'm running out of ideas.
• 我有好主意。
  A good idea came into my mind.
• 真是个好主意！
  That's a good idea!
• 多好的主意啊！
  What a good idea!
• 这个主意不错。
  That's not a bad idea.

Words containing 主意

• 出主意chū zhǔ yito come up with ideas; to make suggestions; to offer advice
• 拿主意ná zhǔ yito make a decision; to make up one's mind
• 打定主意dǎ dìng zhǔ yito make up one's mind
• 馊主意sōu zhǔ yibad idea; stupid suggestion

Where 主意 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Cognition & mental processes (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhǔ yi correctly.
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