意 yì

1. yì noun idea
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '意'; CCD '意' 1; FE '意' 1; Guoyu '意' n 3; Kroll 2015 '意' 1, p. 548; XHZD '意' 1, p. 893)
2. yì proper noun Italy (abbreviation)
   Domain: Places 地方 , Subdomain: Europe , Concept: Country 国家
   Notes: Abbreviation for 意大利 (CC-CEDICT '意')
3. yì noun a wish; a desire; intention
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 意 is the same as 愿望. For example, 所謂誠其意者，毋自欺也 What is meant by 'making the thoughts sincere.' is the allowing no self-deception.' (The Classic of Rites, The Great Learning禮記‧大學, trans. by Legge 1885; CC-CEDICT '意'; CCD '意' 2; FE '意' 2; Guoyu '意' n 6; Kroll 2015 '意' 2, p. 548; XHZD '意' 2, p. 893)
4. yì noun mood; feeling
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 情感 (Guoyu '意' n 5; Kroll 2015 '意' 2a, p. 548)
5. yì noun will; willpower; determination
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 意志 (Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1351)
6. yì noun bearing; spirit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 意 is the same as 意气 or 气势 (Kroll 2015 '意' 2b, p. 548)
7. yì verb to think of; to long for; to miss
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 意 is the same as 思念 (CC-CEDICT '意'; Guoyu '意' v 3; Kroll 2015 '意' 4, p. 548; )
8. yì verb to anticipate; to expect
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 意 is the same as 意料 or 猜测 (CC-CEDICT '意'; CCD '意' 3; FE '意' 3; Guoyu '意' v 2; Kroll 2015 '意' 3, p. 548; XHZD '意' 3, p. 893)
9. yì verb to doubt; to suspect
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 意 is the same as 怀疑 (Guoyu '意' v 1)
10. yì noun meaning
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 意思 (CC-CEDICT '意'; FE '意' 4; Guoyu '意' n 1; Kroll 2015 '意' 1b, p. 548; )
11. yì noun a suggestion; a hint
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (FE '意' 5)
12. yì noun an understanding; a point of view
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 看法 (Guoyu '意' n 2)
13. yì adverb or
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 或 (Guoyu '意' adv)
14. yì proper noun Yi
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '意' n 8)

Contained in

• 天意 the Will of Heaven ; the Will of the Emperor
• 交通意外 traffic accident; car crash
• 不注意 thoughtless; not pay attention to
• 得意洋洋 joyfully satisfied; to be immensely proud of oneself; proudly; an air of complacency
• 中意 to take one's fancy; to be satisfied
• 属意(屬意) to set one's heart on; to set one's choice on
• 愿意(願意) to wish; to want; to be ready; to be willing ; to agree
• 称意(稱意) satisfactory; satisfied
• 不随意肌(不隨意肌) involuntary muscle
• 礼轻情意重(禮輕情意重) goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
• 有意义(有意義) to make sense; to have meaning; to have significance; meaningful; significant; worthwhile; important; interesting
• 出人意外 turned out other than expected; unexpected
• 专意(專意) deliberately; on purpose
• 自鸣得意(自鳴得意) to think highly of oneself
• 洋洋得意 immensely pleased with oneself; proud; complacent
• 民意调查(民意調查) opinion poll
• 意气相投(意氣相投) to have the same feelings as
• 刻意 meticulous; painstaking; scrupulous
• 写意画(寫意畫) freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style
• 好心好意 goodwilled and well-intentioned
• 言者无意，听者有心(言者無意，聽者有心) to take a casual remark to heart
• 意识形态(意識形態) ideology
• 顺意(順意) pleasant; agreeable
• 语音意识(語音意識) phonetic awareness
• 意淫 to fantasize; sexual fantasy
• 如意套 condom
• 涵意 content; meaning; connotation; implication
• 意图(意圖) intent; intention
• 爱意(愛意) love
• 意识到(意識到) to become conscious of
• 令人满意(令人滿意) satisfying; satisfactory
• 心灰意冷 downhearted and dejected
• 真心真意 true heart, true intention
• 不怀好意(不懷好意) to harbor evil designs; to harbor malicious intentions
• 意气(意氣) bearing; demenour; disposition; temperament ; spirit and will; personal feelings ; an impulse
• 出乎意料 beyond expectation
• 生意经(生意經) knack of doing business; business sense
• 落花有意，流水无情(落花有意，流水無情) the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on
• 如意郎君 ideal husband; Mr. Right
• 任意 arbitrary; wantonly
• 称心如意(稱心如意) to be satisfied with the state of things
• 前意识(前意識) preconsciousness
• 虚情假意(虛情假意) false emotion, fake friendship; a hypocritical show of affection
• 意义深长(意義深長) a profound meaning
• 表意文字 ideograph; ideographical writing system
• 意式奶冻(意式奶凍) panna cotta
• 恶意(惡意) malice
• 歉意 apology; regret

Also contained in

小玩意 、 语意性 、 意甲

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

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• 卷四十一 第五鍾離宋寒列傳 Volume 41: Biographies of Diwu, Zhongli, Song, Han Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 33
• 《中庸章句》 Commentary on Doctrine of the Mean Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 31
• 《大學章句》 Commentary on Great Learning Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 31
• 卷三百四十 列傳第九十九 呂大防兄:大忠 弟:大鈞 大臨 劉摯 蘇頌 Volume 340 Biographies 99: Lu Dafang and elder brother: Dazhong, younger brother: Dajun, Da Lin, Liu Zhi, Su Song History of Song 宋史 — count: 29
• 卷九 魏書十 荀彧荀攸賈詡傳 Volume 9: Book of Wei 9 - Biographies of the Xiahous and Caos Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 29
• 卷三百〇八 列傳第一百九十六 奸臣 胡惟庸 陳瑛 嚴嵩 周延儒 溫體仁 馬士英 Volume 308 Biographies 196: Treacherous Officials - Hu Weiyong, Chen Ying, Yan Song, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Ma ShiYing History of Ming 明史 — count: 27
• 卷七 天志中 Book 7 - Will of Heaven II Mozi 墨子 — count: 25
• 卷十一 魏書十一 袁張涼國田王邴管傳 Volume 11: Book of Wei 11 - Biographies of Yuan, Zhang, Liang, Guo, Tian, Wang, Bing, and Guan Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 25
• 卷六十九 列傳第二十九 劉湛 范曄 Volume 69 Biographies 29: Liu Zhan, Fan Ye Book of Song 宋書 — count: 23

Collocations

• 孙意 (孫意) 季孫意如 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 15
• 意恢 (意恢) 莒殺其公子意恢 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 9
• 公子意 (公子意) 莒殺其公子意恢 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
• 荡意 (盪意) 司城蕩意諸來奔 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 5
• 志意 (誌意) 志意得廣焉 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 5
• 成公意 (成公意) 成公意也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
• 上意 (上意) 量上意 — Guanzi 管子, 八觀第十三 Chapter 13: Eight Observations — count: 4
• 顺天意 (順天意) 順天意者 — Mozi 墨子, 卷七 天志上 Book 7 - Will of Heaven I — count: 4
• 意不可 (意不可) 天之意不可不慎也 — Mozi 墨子, 卷七 天志中 Book 7 - Will of Heaven II — count: 3
• 使意 (使意) 請使意諸為之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3