意
yì
Pinyin

Definition

意
 - 
yì
  1. idea
  2. meaning
  3. thought
  4. to think
  5. wish
  6. desire
  7. intention
  8. to expect
  9. to anticipate
意
 - 
Yì
  1. Italy
  2. Italian
  3. abbr. for 意大利[Yì dà lì]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (6)

臆
yì
  1. 1 feelings
  2. 2 opinion
  3. 3 thoughts
噫
yī
  1. 1 yeah (interjection of approval)
  2. 2 to belch
薏
yì
  1. 1 see also: 薏苡 yì yǐ
癔
yì
  1. 1 see also: 癔病 yì bìng
镱
yì
  1. 1 ytterbium (chemistry)

Related Words (20)

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)
如意
rú yì
  1. 1 as one wants
  2. 2 according to one's wishes
  3. 3 ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune

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
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
出人意外
chū rén yì wài
  1. 1 turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected

Sample Sentences

恕我冒昧，我不同意。
shùwǒmàomèi ，wǒ bù tóngyì 。
Please forgive me for being rude. I don’t agree.
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你需要一个团队，我明白。可是老板还没同意。
nǐ xūyào yīgē tuánduì ，wǒ míngbai 。kěshì lǎobǎn hái méi tóngyì 。
I understand that you need a team. But our boss hasn’t given us the green light/
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我了解你的意思，但是我不太认同。
wǒ liǎojiě nǐ de yìsi ，dànshì wǒ bù tài rèntóng 。
I understand what you mean, but I don’t really agree.
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我明白，但是我不太同意。
wǒ míngbai ，dànshì wǒ bù tài tóngyì 。
I understand, but I don’t really agree with it.
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最近生意不好，我没钱了。
zuìjìn shēngyì bùhǎo ，wǒ méi qián le 。
Business is not doing well lately. I ran out of money.
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生意
shēngyì
Business
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这折扣太少了吧，真不够意思。
zhè zhékòu tài shǎo le ba ，zhēn bù gòuyìsi 。
The discount is too small. That’s not generous enough of you.
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行行行，你真会做生意。
xíngxíngxíng ，nǐ zhēn huì zuòshēngyi 。
Ok ok, you’re really good at doing business.
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不好意思，这是我的位子。
bùhǎoyìsi ，zhè shì wǒ de wèizi 。
Excuse me, this is my seat.
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听到消息有新的上司要来，同事就开始出馊主意，说要热热闹闹地为新上司办个欢迎派对，看来他是想和新上司套交情。
tīngdào xiāoxi yǒu Xīn de shàngsi yào lái ，tóngshì jiù kāishǐ chū sōuzhǔyi ，shuō yào rèrènàonào de wéi Xīn shàngsi bàn ge huānyíng pàiduì ，kànlai tā shì xiǎng hé Xīn shàngsi tàojiāoqing 。
When hearing of the news that a new boss was coming, my colleague began to make silly suggestions, saying that we should have a welcoming party for the new boss. It seemed that he was trying to curry favor with the new boss.
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