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示意

shì yì

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

示意 (shì yì) means "to hint; to indicate (an idea to sb)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 示意 means

1. to hint
2. to indicate (an idea to sb)

The characters in 示意

• 示shìto show; to reveal
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…

Example sentences

• 父亲示意我离开房间。
  Fùqīn shìyì wǒ líkāi fángjiān.
  Father gestured to me to leave the room.
• 我父亲示意我离开会议室。
  Wǒ fùqin shìyì wǒ líkāi huìyìshì.
  My father motioned for me to leave the meeting room.
• 助理裁判向主裁判举旗示意比赛继续。
  Zhùlǐ cáipàn xiàng zhǔ cáipàn jǔ qí shìyì bǐsài jìxù.
  The assistant referee held up his flag to show the referee that the ball was still in play.
• 裁判根据有利原则，举起手示意继续进攻。
  Cáipàn gēnjù yǒulì yuánzé, jǔqǐ shǒu shìyì jìxù jìngōng.
  The referee, according to principle of advantage, raised his hand and motioned for the advance to continue.

Words starting with 示意

• 示意图shì yì túsketch; schematic diagram; graph

Sounds the same

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

• 释义the meaning of sth; an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases; definition
• 适意agreeable
• 视艺visual arts

Where 示意 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shì (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 shì yì correctly.
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