意 meaning and pronunciation

意
Simplified/traditional character

意 English definition

yì
  • idea
  • meaning
  • thought
  • to think
  • wish
  • desire
  • intention
  • to expect
  • to anticipate
  • Italy
  • Italian
  • abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4]

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 乂 : to regulate; to govern; to control; to mow;
  • 义 : justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship;
  • 亄 : covetous; greedy; stingy;
  • 亦 : also;
  • 亿 : 100 million;
  • 仡 : strong; brave;
  • 佚 : lost; missing; forsaken; dissolute; (of a woman) beautiful; fault; offense; hermit; variant of 逸[yi4];
  • 佾 : row of dancers at sacrifices;
  • 刈 : mow;
  • 劓 : cut off the nose;
  • 勚 : (literary) toilsome; laborious; (of an edge etc) worn out; blunt;
  • 呓 : to talk in one's sleep;
  • 唈 : palpitation; short breathing;
  • 圛 : mist rolling upwards;
  • 埶 : skill; art;
  • 埸 : border;
  • 奕 : abundant; graceful;
  • 嫕 : compliant; yielding; easy-going;
  • 屹 : high and steep;
  • 峄 : name of hills in Shandong;
  • 帟 : canopy;
  • 廙 : yurt; (literary) respectful; prudent;
  • 异 : different; other; hetero-; unusual; strange; surprising; to distinguish; to separate; to discriminate;
  • 弈 : ancient name for go (Chinese board game);
  • 弋 : to shoot;
  • 役 : forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle;
  • 忆 : to recollect; to remember; memory;
  • 怿 : pleased; rejoice;
  • 悒 : anxiety; worry;
  • 懿 : restrain; virtuous;
  • 抑 : to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or;
  • 挹 : to ladle out; to dip; to pour out;
  • 斁 : to be weary of;
  • 易 : easy; amiable; to change; to exchange;
  • 曀 : obscure; sun hidden by clouds;
  • 杙 : post for tethering animals;
  • 枻 : oar; stand for correcting a bow;
  • 檍 : Quercus glauca;
  • 殪 : to exterminate;
  • 殹 : (archaic) (meaning unclear); (final particle);
  • 毅 : firm and resolute; staunch;
  • 泆 : licentious, libertine, dissipate;
  • 浥 : damp; moist;
  • 溢 : to overflow;
  • 熠 : to glow; to flash;
  • 熤 : (person);
  • 燚 : to blaze; (used in given names);
  • 燡 : blazing; radiant;
  • 異 : different, strange
  • 疫 : epidemic; plague;
  • 瘗 : bury; sacrifice;
  • 益 : benefit; profit; advantage; beneficial; to increase; to add; all the more;
  • 睪 : to spy out;
  • 绎 : continuous; to interpret; to unravel; to draw silk (old);
  • 缢 : to hang; to strangle oneself;
  • 義 : Righteousness
  • 翊 : assist; ready to fly; respect;
  • 翌 : bright; tomorrow;
  • 翳 : feather screen; to screen; to shade; cataract;
  • 翼 : wing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; old variant of 翌;
  • 耴 : 殸
  • 肄 : to learn; to practice or study (old);
  • 臆 : feelings; opinion; thoughts;
  • 艗 : bow of a Chinese boat;
  • 艺 : skill; art;
  • 芸 : Japanese variant of 藝|艺[yi4];
  • 蓺 : skill; art;
  • 薏 : Job's tear plant (Coix lacryma); erroneously called Chinese pearl barley;
  • 藙 : Zanthoxylum ailanthoides;
  • 藝 : art
  • 蛡 : hive; honeycomb;
  • 裔 : descendants; frontier;
  • 裛 : to wrap and bind; damp; dripping; wet; a book bag;
  • 襼 : sleeve of dress;
  • 訳 : Japanese variant of 譯|译[yi4];
  • 议 : to comment on; to discuss; to suggest;
  • 译 : to translate; to interpret;
  • 诣 : to go (to visit a superior); one's current attainment in learning or art;
  • 谊 : friendship; also pr. [yi2];
  • 豙 : 睘
  • 豷 : breathing of pigs;
  • 轶 : to excel; to surpass; to be scattered; variant of 逸[yi4], leisurely;
  • 逸 : to escape; leisurely; outstanding;
  • 邑 : city; village;
  • 醳 : fine wine; to award with (food and drink);
  • 镒 : abrasion; gold-20 taels in weight;
  • 镱 : ytterbium (chemistry);
  • 饐 : rancid;
  • 駅 : Japanese variant of 驛|驿[yi4];
  • 驿 : post horse; relay station;
  • 鶂 : hawk;
  • 鷾 : a swallow;
  • 鹝 : pheasant; turkey; old variant of 鷁|鹢[yi4];
  • 鹢 : a kind of aquatic bird;
  • 黓 : black;

Sentences examples with 意

  • 每个新题都很有意思。
    Měi gè xīn tí dōu hěn yǒuyìsi.
  • 你的意思我懂了。
    Nǐ de yìsi wǒ dǒngle.
  • 这个电影真有意思。
    Zhège diànyǐng zhēn yǒuyìsi.
  • 大家都看着他，他有点儿不好意思了。
    Dàjiā dōu kànzhe tā, tā yǒudiǎn er bù hǎoyìsile.
  • 你的回答不能让人满意。
    Nǐ de huí dā bùnéng ràng rén mǎnyì.

Words containing 意, by HSK level

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