介意
jiè yì
Pinyin

Definition

介意
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jiè yì
  1. to care about
  2. to take offense
  3. to mind

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

介绍
jiè shào
  1. 1 to introduce (sb to sb)
  2. 2 to give a presentation
  3. 3 to present (sb for a job etc)
  4. 4 introduction
任意
rèn yì
  1. 1 any
  2. 2 arbitrary
  3. 3 at will
  4. 4 at random
创意
chuàng yì
  1. 1 creative
  2. 2 creativity
在意
zài yì
  1. 1 to care about
  2. 2 to mind
好意思
hǎo yì si
  1. 1 to have the nerve
  2. 2 what a cheek!
  3. 3 to feel no shame
  4. 4 to overcome the shame
  5. 5 (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)

Idioms (20)

一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying
介于两难
jiè yú liǎng nán
  1. 1 to be on the horns of a dilemma (idiom)
出乎意外
chū hū yì wài
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎意料
chū hū yì liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected

Sample Sentences

招待不周，请不要介意。
zhāodài bùzhōu ，qǐng bùyào jièyì 。
Sorry for not being a good host. I hope you don't mind.
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哈，你可真可爱，平时都那么阳光，难得看到你抓狂。人呢，难免都会有些不好的情绪需要发泄一下，别介意。
hā ，nǐ kě zhēn kě ài ，píngshí dōu nàme yángguāng ，nándé kàndào nǐ zhuākuáng 。rén ne ，nánmiǎn dōuhuì yǒuxiē bùhǎo de qíngxù xūyào fāxiè yīxià ，bié jièyì 。
Ha, you're so cute. You've normally got such a sunny disposition, it's rare to see you lose it. It's normal that people get into bad moods and need to get it off their chest, don't worry about it.
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介意：因为心里不舒服或者是不高兴而一直记得或注意。
jièyì ：yīnwèi xīnli bù shūfu huò zhě shì bù gāoxìng ér yīzhí jìde huò zhùyì 。
to take offense: when you feel uncomfortable or unhappy and you keep thinking or paying attention to something.
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你男朋友很在意你，所以才会介意别的男生跟你聊天、说话。
nǐ nán péngyou hěn zàiyì nǐ ，suǒyǐ cáihuì jièyì biéde nánshēng gēn nǐ liáotiān 、shuōhuà 。
You boyfriend really cares about you, so that's why he minds when other guys talk to you.
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我很介意别人说我胖。（让我心里不舒服、不高兴）
wǒ hěn jièyì biérén shuō wǒ pàng 。（ràng wǒ xīnli bù shūfu 、bù gāoxìng ）
I really take offense/mind when people call me fat. (I get upset and unhappy)
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所以要是我说别人的小孩不乖，他的父母会很介意。
suǒyǐ yàoshì wǒ shuō biérén de xiǎohái bù guāi ，tā de fùmǔ huì hěn jièyì 。
So if I say that other people's kids are misbehaved, their parents will really mind/take offense.
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你介意我吸烟吗？
nǐ jièyì wǒ xīyān ma ？
Do you mind if I smoke?
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你介意...吗？
nǐ jièyì . . . ma ？
Do you mind?
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你介意我说脏话吗？
nǐ jièyì wǒ shuō zānghuà ma ？
Do you mind if I cuss?
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你介意我抽烟吗？
nǐ jièyì wǒ chōuyān ma ？
Do you mind if I smoke?
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