故意
gù yì
Pinyin

Definition

故意
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gù yì
  1. deliberately
  2. on purpose

Character Decomposition

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
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
意外
yì wài
  1. 1 unexpected
  2. 2 accident
  3. 3 mishap
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè

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
一改故辙
yī gǎi gù zhé
  1. 1 complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
  2. 2 a volte-face
  3. 3 to change old practices
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying
他乡遇故知
tā xiāng yù gù zhī
  1. 1 meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
依然如故
yī rán rú gù
  1. 1 back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement
  2. 2 Things haven't changed at all.

Sample Sentences

我是故意的，别生气，不过话说回来，你知道古典分类理论描述“鸟”的特征包括红色的胸羽、骨头很轻，还要会唱歌哦，你觉得你的"鸵鸟”有多像鸟呢？
wǒ shì gùyì de ，bié shēngqì ，bùguò huàshuōhuílai ，nǐ zhīdào gǔdiǎn fēnlèi lǐlùn miáoshù “niǎo ”de tèzhēng bāokuò hóngsè de xiōngyǔ 、gútou hěn qīng ，hái yào huì chànggē ò ，nǐ juéde nǐ de "tuóniǎo ”yǒu duō xiàng niǎo ne ？
I was being facetious, don't get angry. Speaking of that though, did you know that ancient taxonomic theory describes birds as having red breast feathers, lightweight bones and as having the ability to sing. How does your ostrich measure up to the bird standard?
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你一定是搞错了，我们这里真的没有阿牛这个人，你是故意的吧，麻烦你不要再恶作剧了，再见。
nǐ yīdìng shì gǎocuò le ，wǒmen zhèlǐ zhēnde méiyǒu Ā Niú zhè ge rén ，nǐ shì gùyì de ba ，máfan nǐ bù yào zài èzuòjù le ，zàijiàn 。
You must be mistaken. There's really no Aniu here. You must be pulling my leg. Please quit this practical joke. Goodbye.
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我真的不是故意的，前天中午我忽然觉得不舒服，下午请假回家休息。
wǒ zhēnde bùshì gùyì de ，qiántiān zhōngwǔ wǒ hūrán juéde bù shūfu ，xiàwǔ qǐngjià huíjiā xiūxi 。
I really didn't mean to. At noon on the day before yesterday I suddenly felt unwell, so I had to ask for time of work to go home and rest.
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他明明知道今天开会有重要客户要来，却故意不告诉我，害我什么都没准备，他自己却准备周全，赢得客户的好印象，心机真的很重，还是别跟这种人当朋友，说不定哪天就被他出卖了。
tā Míngmíng zhīdào jīntiān kāihuì yǒu zhòngyào kèhù yàolái ，què gùyì bù gàosu wǒ ，hài wǒ shénme dōu méi zhǔnbèi ，tā zìjǐ què zhǔnbèi zhōuquán ，yíngdé kèhù de hǎoyìnxiàng ，xīnjī zhēnde hěn zhòng ，háishì bié gēn zhèzhǒng rén dāng péngyou ，shuōbudìng nǎtiān jiù bèi tā chūmài le 。
He knew that there were important clients coming today all along and he didn't tell me on purpose! I obviously didn't and couldn't prepare anything. He, on the other hand, had everything prepped down to a t. The clients got a great impression of him. He's a real schemer. Best not to be friends with someone like that. You never know when you are going to sold out.
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老师，你根本就是故意拿这个当借口，找我麻烦！
lǎoshī ，nǐ gēnběn jiùshì gùyì ná zhè ge dāng jièkǒu ，zhǎo wǒ máfan ！
B: Sir, you're just out to get me and you're using this as an excuse!
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哪有！是你们都故意选我被学长抓去做实验的时候聚会，超过分的。
nǎyǒu ！shì nǐmen dōu gùyì xuǎn wǒ bèi xuézhǎng zhuā qù zuò shíyàn de shíhou jùhuì ，chāo guòfèn de 。
That's not true! You all chose times you knew my senior classmate took me to do experiments to arrange get-togethers. So cheeky.
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你这家伙是来帮忙的还是故意来蹭饭的啊，看漫画看到现在。晚上就吃泡面啊。
nǐ zhè jiāhuo shì lái bāngmáng de háishì gùyì lái cèngfàn de a ，kàn mànhuà kàn dào xiànzài 。wǎnshang jiù chī pàomiàn a 。
Is this guy coming to help or coming to deliberately scrounge for dinner? You've been reading cartoons until now. Tonight we'll eat instant noodles.
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故意的
gùyì de
on purpose
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故意找毛病。
gùyì zhǎo máobìng 。
To purposefully find fault in something.
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啊？是不是她对你没兴趣，所以故意的？
ǎ ？shì bu shì tā duì nǐ méi xìngqù ，suǒyǐ gùyì de ？
What? Did she do it on purpose because she wasn’t interested in you?
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