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意义

yì yì

HSK 5 2-character word Traditional 意義 Measure word 个

What 意义 means

1. sense
2. meaning
3. significance
4. importance

The characters in 意义

• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 义yìjustice; righteousness; meaning

Example sentences

• 这毫无意义。
  That's quite meaningless.
• 你说的没有意义。
  What you are saying does not make sense.
• 这没有任何意义。
  That makes no sense at all.
• 告诉我人生的意义。
  Tell me the meaning of life.
• 对我来说意义重大。
  That means a lot to me.
• 存在的意义是什幺？
  What's the point of existence?

Words starting with 意义

• 意义变化yì yì biàn huàchange of meaning

Words containing 意义

• 有意义yǒu yì yìto make sense; to have meaning; to have significance
• 没有意义méi yǒu yì yìnot to have any meaning; meaningless
• 有统计学意义yǒu tǒng jì xué yì yìstatistically significant
• 历史意义lì shǐ yì yìhistoric significance
• 内涵意义nèi hán yì yì(semantics) connotative meaning; connotation

Sounds the same

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

• 异议objection; dissent
• 熠熠glistening; bright
• 意译meaning (of foreign expression); translation of the meaning…
• 义译to translate a term into Chinese using a combination of characters or words that suggests…
• 异义differing opinion
• 翼翼(literary) cautious; careful