(yì) - meaning, idea, intention, will in Mandarin
yìTraditional: 意
Translation
meaning, idea, intention, will
Word origin
An ideographic character combining 音 (yīn, sound) over 心 (xīn, heart), the sound of the heart, hence one's meaning, idea or intention.
- Origin
- ideographic
- Root
- 音 (yīn, sound) + 心 (xīn, heart)
Stroke order
意
Examples
词？
What does this word mean?
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I agree with your view.
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Please pay attention to safety.
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I cannot grasp his intent.
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I understood your meaning.
意 (yì) means meaning, idea, or intention. It builds high-frequency words such as 意思 (meaning), 同意 (to agree), 注意 (to pay attention), and 愿意 (to be willing).
Appears in 19 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 意.
Used in
Grammar articles
(5)Mandarin Advanced Grammar (C1-C2 / HSK 6+): Chengyu, Classical Remnants, and Register
Mandarin Verb Conjugation: Why It Doesn't Exist and What Replaces It
Figurative Directional Complements in Mandarin: 起来, 下去 and 出来 Beyond Up, Down and Out
Mandarin Requests and Imperatives: 请, 别, 不要, the Softening Particles 吧/啊, and Verb Reduplication
The Mandarin 是…的 (shì...de) Construction: Highlighting When, Where, and How Something Happened
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