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意味

yì wèi

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

意味 (yì wèi) means "meaning; implication; flavor". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 意味 means

1. meaning
2. implication
3. flavor
4. overtone
5. to mean
6. to imply
7. Taiwanto get a sense of

The characters in 意味

• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 味wèitaste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel

Example sentences

• 沉默就意味着同意。
  Silence gives consent.
• 这很可能意味着战争。
  This probably means war.
• 她意味深长地看了我一眼。
  Tā yìwèishēncháng de kàn le wǒ yīyǎn.
  She gave me a meaningful look.
• 这不意味着你不应该小心。
  That doesn't mean you shouldn't be careful.
• 这是不是意味着你不会来了？
  Zhè shìbùshì yìwèizhe nǐ bù huì lái le?
  Does that mean you won't come?
• 我认为我知道那意味着什幺。
  I think that I know what this means.

Words starting with 意味

• 意味着yì wèi zheto signify; to mean; to imply
• 意味深长yì wèi shēn chángprofound; significant; meaningful

Sounds the same

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

• 异味unpleasant odor
• 意谓to mean; meaning

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