表意
biǎo yì
Pinyin

Definition

表意
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biǎo yì
  1. to express meaning
  2. ideographic

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

代表
dài biǎo
  1. 1 representative
  2. 2 delegate
  3. 3 classifier: 位 wèi
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 名 míng
  6. 6 to represent
  7. 7 to stand for
  8. 8 on behalf of
  9. 9 in the name of
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

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

可能你习惯了，觉得繁体表意清楚些。看繁体我没什么问题，要我写就玩儿完了。像“龟”这种字就别提了，差不多有二十笔，我可不想画一只大乌龟！
kěnéng nǐ xíguàn le ，juéde fántī biǎoyì qīngchu xiē 。kàn fántī wǒ méishénme wèntí ，yào wǒ xiě jiù wánrwán le 。xiàng “guī ”zhè zhǒng zì jiù bié tí le ，chàbuduō yǒu èrshí bǐ ，wǒ kě bù xiǎng huà yī zhī dà wūguī ！
Maybe you're accustomed to them, so you think that traditional characters convey meaning more clearly. I have no problem reading traditional characters but if you make me write them, it's game over.
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