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写意

xiè yì

2-character word Traditional 寫意

What 写意 means

1. comfortable
2. enjoyable
3. relaxed

Other readings

写意 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xiě yìto suggest (rather than depict in detail); freehand style of Chinese painting, characteriz

The characters in 写意

• 写xiěto write
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…

Words starting with 写意

• 写意画xiě yì huàfreehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style

Sounds the same

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

• 谢意gratitude; thanks
• 解㑊(TCM) fatigue, often associated with muscle atony and emaciation

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiè yì correctly.
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