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介意

jiè yì

2-character word

What 介意 means

1. to care about
2. to take offense
3. to mind

The characters in 介意

• 介jièto introduce; to lie between; between
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…

Example sentences

• 我知道你介意。
  I know you're bothered.
• 你介意我开门吗?
  Would you mind my opening the door?
• 你介意我抽烟吗？
  Do you mind if I smoke?
• 你介意我开窗吗？
  Do you mind if I open the window?
• 我不介意被弄湿。
  I don't mind if I get wet.
• 她不介意要洗碗。
  She didn't mind doing the dishes.

Words containing 介意

• 毫不介意háo bu jiè yìto not mind (at all, a bit); to not care in the slightest

Sounds the same

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

• 借译loan translation; to calque