Chinese Notes

意 yì

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

玩意 toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc)
意存笔先，画尽意在(意存筆先，畫盡意在) the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through
生意经(生意經) knack of doing business; business sense
王承天意 the king performs the will of Heaven
在意 to care about; to mind; to take to heart
意念移物 telekinesis
坚意(堅意) resolute in opinion
不足介意 not worthy of consideration
暖意 a warm feeling
礼轻情意重(禮輕情意重) goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
意识形态(意識形態) ideology
注意力不足过动症(注意力不足過動症) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
意志 will; willpower; determination
征求意见(徵求意見) to solicit opinions
句法意识(句法意識) syntactic awareness
情意 affection
有意无意(有意無意) intentionally or otherwise
不随意(不隨意) unconscious; involuntary
刻意求工 assiduous and painstaking
不怀好意(不懷好意) to harbor evil designs; to harbor malicious intentions
意味着(意味著) to signify; to mean; to imply
意译(意譯) a free translation ; translation of the meaning
如意算盘(如意算盤) counting one's chickens before they are hatched
意旨 intention
创意(創意) creativity
意表 expectation
睡意 sleepiness
德意志学术交流中心(德意志學術交流中心) German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
嘉意 excellent idea
历史意义(歷史意義) historic significance
爱己注意(愛己注意) egoism
敌意(敵意) enmity; hostility
恣意妄为(恣意妄為) unbridled reckless behavior
三心二意 in two minds about ; half-hearted; shilly-shallying
求生意志 the will to live
诚心实意(誠心實意) earnestly and sincerely ; with all sincerity
吉祥如意 may you have all the good fortune that you wish for
私意 one's own ideas
含意 meaning
不经意(不經意) not paying attention; carelessly; by accident
超前意识(超前意識) foresight
加意 paying particular attention to
恣意 without restraint; unbridled; reckless
爱他注意(愛他注意) altruism
示意图(示意圖) diagram; sketch; schema
意识流(意識流) stream of consciousness (in literature)
真心实意(真心實意) true hearted and sincere; wholehearted
趁心如意 to fill one's heart with satisfaction

Also contained in

语意性、语意学、无尽意菩萨会

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: 32
《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
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
上意 (上意) 量上意 — Guanzi 管子, 八觀第十三 Chapter 13: Eight Observations — count: 4
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
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