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Character Mind Map: 意 Meaning
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ID: 4565 Elementary
In Chinese, you often encounter single characters that have multiple related meanings. This has the potential to confuse learners because sometimes it is hard to make connections between component characters and their meanings within multiple-character words. That's why we created this Character Mind Map series, where we focus on characters and the words they make up.
Today, we're talking about 意 and all the interesting words using this character. Let's check them out!
Tue Jul 27 2021 | Joe, Joy
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SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
---|---|---|---|
不好意思 | bùhǎoyìsi | to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
意思 | yìsi | idea; opinion; meaning | |
小意思 | xiǎoyìsi | easy task | |
有意思 | yǒuyìsi | interesting; meaningful; enjoyable |
不好意思。
bùhǎoyìsi 。
Excuse me.
其实我不是这个意思。
qíshí wǒ búshi zhège yìsi 。
Actually, that's not what I meant.
小意思,小意思。
xiǎoyìsi ,xiǎoyìsi 。
It's no big deal.
这电影很有意思。
zhè diànyǐng hěn yǒuyìsi 。
The movie seems interesting.
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