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故意

gù yì

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

故意 (gù yì) means "deliberately; on purpose". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 故意 means

1. deliberately; on purpose

The characters in 故意

• 故gùhappening; instance; reason
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…

Example sentences

• 我不是故意的。
  I didn't do it on purpose.
• 他故意踩我的脚。
  Tā gùyì cǎi wǒ de jiǎo.
  He stepped on my foot on purpose.
• 那不是我故意的。
  That wasn't my intention.
• 他不是故意地做。
  He didn't do it on purpose.
• 你是故意这样做的!
  Nǐ shì gùyì zhèyàng zuò de!
  You did this intentionally!
• 你是故意这么做的！
  Nǐ shì gùyì zhème zuò de!
  You did this intentionally!

Where 故意 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Attitudes & opinions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gù yì correctly.
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