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意

yì

HSK 2 Character

What 意 means

1. bound formidea; thought; meaning; sense
2. bound formintention; feeling; inclination; state of mind
3. bound formItaly (abbr. for {意大利|Yì dà lì})

Example sentences

• 同意。
  I agree.
• 注意。
  Caution.
• 好主意！
  Good idea!
• 我同意。
  I agree.
• 你随意。
  Suit yourself.
• 请注意！
  Pay attention!

Words starting with 意

• 意思yì siidea; opinion; meaning
• 意义yì yìsense; meaning; significance
• 意见yì jiànidea; opinion; suggestion
• 意外yì wàiunexpected; accident; mishap
• 意识yì shíconsciousness; awareness; (usu. followed by 到
• 意志yì zhìwill; willpower; determination
• 意图yì túintent; intention; to intend
• 意料yì liàoto anticipate; to expect; expectations
• 意向yì xiàngintention; purpose; intent
• 意味着yì wèi zheto signify; to mean; to imply
• 意味yì wèimeaning; implication; flavor
• 意大利Yì dà lìItaly
• 意识到yì shí dàoto be aware of; to realize
• 意愿yì yuànaspiration; wish (for); desire
• 意识形态yì shí xíng tàiideology
• 意境yì jìngartistic mood or conception; creative concept
• 意想不到yì xiǎng bù dàounexpected; previously unimagined
• 意念yì niànidea; thought
• 意味深长yì wèi shēn chángprofound; significant; meaningful
• 意象yì xiàngimage; imagery
• 意大利语Yì dà lì yǔItalian (language)
• 意犹未尽yì yóu wèi jìnto wish to continue sth; to have not fully expressed oneself
• 意料之外yì liào zhī wài(idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected
• 意气风发yì qì fēng fā(idiom) high-spirited; full of mettle

Words containing 意

• 注意zhù yìto take note of; to pay attention to
• 愿意yuàn yìto wish; to want; ready
• 同意tóng yìto agree; to consent; to approve
• 满意mǎn yìsatisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction
• 故意gù yìdeliberately; on purpose
• 得意dé yìproud of oneself; pleased with oneself; complacent
• 主意zhǔ yiplan; idea; decision
• 做生意zuò shēng yìto do business
• 不好意思bù hǎo yì sito feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
• 特意tè yìspecially; intentionally
• 随意suí yìas one wishes; according to one's wishes; at will
• 在意zài yìto care about; to mind
• 任意rèn yìany; arbitrary; at will
• 示意shì yìto hint; to indicate (an idea to sb)
• 乐意lè yìto be willing to do sth; to be ready to do sth; to be happy to do sth
• 大意dà yìgeneral idea; main idea
• 称心如意chèn xīn rú yì(idiom) after one's own heart; gratifying; satisfactory; everything one could wish
• 生意shēng yìlife force; vitality
• 有意思yǒu yì siinteresting; meaningful; enjoyable
• 有意yǒu yìto intend; intentionally; interested in
• 创意chuàng yìcreative; creativity
• 玩意wán yìtoy; plaything; thing
• 注意力zhù yì lìattention
• 刻意kè yìintentionally; deliberately; purposely; painstakingly; meticulously

Characters that look like 意

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 童tóngchild
• 惹rěto provoke; to irritate; to vex
• 煮zhǔto cook; to boil
• 禽qín(bound form) birds; fowl; (literary) birds and animals; old variant of 擒
• 惫bèiexhausted
• 嵩sōng(literary) (of mountains) lofty

Sounds the same

Read yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 议to comment on; to discuss; to suggest
• 易easy; amiable; to change
• 亿100 million
• 亦also
• 艺skill; art
• 译to translate; to interpret
• 忆to recollect; to remember; memory
• 谊friendship; also pr. yí
• 义justice; righteousness; meaning
• 益benefit; profit; advantage
• 裔(bound form) descendants; (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 华裔; (literary) distant lands
• 异different; other; hetero-