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好意

hǎo yì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

好意 (hǎo yì) means "good intention; kindness". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 好意 means

1. good intention
2. kindness

The characters in 好意

• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…

Example sentences

• 不好意思！
  Excuse me!
• 不好意思？
  Sorry?
• 不好意思……
  I'm sorry.

Words starting with 好意

• 好意思hǎo yì sito have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame

Words containing 好意

• 不好意思bù hǎo yì sito feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
• 不怀好意bù huái hǎo yì(idiom) to harbor evil designs; to harbor malicious intentions

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