意 yì
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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) -
yì
proper noun
Italy (abbreviation)
Domain: Places 地方 , Subdomain: Europe , Concept: Country 国家
Notes: Abbreviation for 意大利 (CC-CEDICT '意') -
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) -
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) -
yì
noun
will; willpower; determination
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 意志 (Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1351) -
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) -
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; ) -
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) -
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) -
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; ) -
yì
noun
a suggestion; a hint
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '意' 5) -
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) -
yì
adverb
or
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 或 (Guoyu '意' adv) -
yì
proper noun
Yi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '意' n 8)
Contained in
- 借意 metaphorically
- 春意 beginning of spring; thoughts of love
- 内涵意义(內涵意義) (semantics) connotative meaning; connotation
- 不经意(不經意) not paying attention; carelessly; by accident
- 真情实意(真情實意) out of genuine friendship; sincere feelings
- 锐意(銳意) acute determination; dauntless
- 情意 affection
- 失意 disappointed; frustrated
- 善意的谎言(善意的謊言) white lie
- 真心实意(真心實意) true hearted and sincere; wholehearted
- 不足介意 not worthy of consideration
- 意谓(意謂) to mean
- 意下如何 how about it?; what do you think?
- 言外之意 unspoken implication; the actual meaning of what was said
- 假意 to be insincere; to be hypocritcal
- 心满意足(心滿意足) heart fully satisfied; fully contented
- 密切注意 to pay close attention
- 不好意思 to be embarrassed ; excuse me [for being in the way]
- 决意(決意) to be determined
- 醉翁之意不在酒 wine-lover's heart is not in the cup; a drinker not really interested in alcohol; having an ulterior motive; to have other things in mind; with an ax to grind
- 馊主意(餿主意) rotten idea
- 专意(專意) deliberately; on purpose
- 含意 meaning
- 意兴索然(意興索然) to have no interest in
- 称人意(稱人意) according with the expectations of others
- 得意门生(得意門生) favorite pupil
- 旨意 decree; order
- 经意(經意) to be mindful; to pay attention to ; the true intent of the classic texts
- 使满意(使滿意) to make content
- 刻意 meticulous; painstaking; scrupulous
- 毫不介意 to not mind (at all, a bit); to not care in the slightest
- 三心二意 in two minds about ; half-hearted; shilly-shallying
- 潜意识(潛意識) subconscious mind; subconsciousness
- 愚意 my humble opinion
- 生意盎然 full of life; exuberant
- 意料之中 to come as no surprise; as expected
- 深意 deep meaning
- 志得意满(志得意滿) fully content with one's achievements; complacent
- 意识到(意識到) to become conscious of
- 招揽生意(招攬生意) to advertise; to solicit business
- 恣意 without restraint; unbridled; reckless
- 意大利面(意大利麵) spaghetti; pasta
- 小意思 small token; mere trifle (used of one's gifts)
- 德意志 German; Germany
- 谢意(謝意) gratitude; thanks
- 出乎意料 beyond expectation
- 意旨 intention
- 心灰意懒(心灰意懶) discouraged; downhearted
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Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 《扁鵲倉公列傳》 Biographies of Bian Que and the Duke of Cang Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 115
- 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
- 《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
- 《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
- 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: 30
- 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
- 卷七 天志中 Book 7 - Will of Heaven II Mozi 墨子 — count: 25
- 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 24
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
- 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
- 邴意 (邴意) 邴意茲曰可 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 3