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意图

yì tú

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 意圖

意图 (yì tú) means "intent; intention; to intend". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 意图 means

1. intent
2. intention
3. to intend

The characters in 意图

• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 图túdiagram; picture; drawing

Example sentences

• 我把我的意图告诉了我父母。
  Wǒ bǎ wǒ de yìtú gàosu le wǒ fùmǔ.
  I made known my intentions to my parents.
• 政府明确宣布了降税的意图。
  The government clearly stated its intention to lower taxes.
• 对我们来说，最重要的是领会领导意图。
  Duì wǒmen lái shuō, zuì zhòngyào de shì lǐnghuì lǐngdǎo yìtú.
  For us, what’s most important is understanding the intention of the leadership.
• 这非常清楚的表明了他没有想娶你的意图。
  Zhè fēicháng qīngchu de biǎomíng le tā méiyǒu xiǎng qǔ nǐ de yìtú.
  It's clear that he has no intention of marrying you.
• Tom没有意图去邀请Mary去即将来临的舞会。
  T om méiyǒu yìtú qù yāoqǐng Mary qù jíjiāngláilín de wǔhuì.
  Tom has no intention of asking Mary to the upcoming dance.
• 一个差劲的厨师和下毒者唯一的不同在于他们的意图。
  Yī gè chàjìn de chúshī hé xiàdú zhě wéiyī de bù tóngzài yú tāmen de yìtú.
  The only difference between an awful cook and a poisoner is the intention.

Words containing 意图

• 示意图shì yì túsketch; schematic diagram; graph

Where 意图 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yì (2) (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yì tú correctly.
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