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有意

yǒu yì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

有意 (yǒu yì) means "to intend; intentionally; interested in". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 有意 means

1. to intend
2. intentionally
3. interested in

The characters in 有意

• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…

Words starting with 有意

• 有意思yǒu yì siinteresting; meaningful; enjoyable
• 有意义yǒu yì yìto make sense; to have meaning; to have significance
• 有意识yǒu yì shíconscious
• 有意无意yǒu yì wú yìintentionally or otherwise
• 有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīnlit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it…

Words containing 有意

• 没有意义méi yǒu yì yìnot to have any meaning; meaningless
• 没有意思méi yǒu yì siboring; of no interest
• 落花有意，流水无情luò huā yǒu yì , liú shuǐ wú qínglit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on…

Sounds the same

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

• 友谊companionship; fellowship; friendship
• 有益useful; beneficial; profitable

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