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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Yì | Yi4
English translation
Italy
Italian
abbr. for 意大利 Yì dà lì [Yì dà lì]
idea
meaning
thought
to think
wish
desire
intention
to expect
to anticipate
thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

音心

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

yīn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and yīn represents the sound.

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dōu 帮忙 bāngmáng .他们 tā men ài 这个 zhè ge . duō zán 他们 tā men xiàng le 一摊,他们 tā men cái 觉得 juéde shǎng le suàn ,他们 tā men 满意 mǎnyì , Huán zuò 义务 yìwù de 宣传 xuānchuán .

They were pleased and satisfied; they advertised me to their friends.

我们 wǒmen 注意 zhùyì dào Fāng 上述 shàng shù 标题 biāotí xià de 八月 Bā yuè 五日来信 lái xìn .

We have noted your letter of August 5 under the above caption.

" yuàn 愿意 yuànyì ràng dào 亚特兰大 Yà tè lán dà ,去刻 shǎng 几个 jǐ ge ya ?

" Would you like for me to take it to Atlanta and have it engraved? "

直到 zhí dào 看到这幅 huà de 说明 shuōmíng cái lòng dǒng 意思 yìsi .

I didn't understand the drawing until I read the caption.

卫东 Wèi dōng 非常 fēicháng 乐意 lèyì 认识 rènshi 玛丽 Mǎ lì .

Weidong will be very glad to meet you and Mary.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
意思 yìsi idea意思 yìsi
注意 zhùyì to take note of注意 zhùyì
愿意 yuànyì to wish願意
意义 yìyì sense意義
同意 tóngyì to agree同意 tóngyì
意见 yìjiàn idea意見
意识 yìshí consciousness意識
主意 zhǔyi plan主意 zhǔyi
意味着 yìwèizhe to signify意味著
不好意思 bù hǎo yì si to feel embarrassed不好意思 bù hǎo yì si
idea
意外 yìwài unexpected意外 yìwài
满意 mǎnyì satisfied滿意
生意 shēngyì life force生意 shēngyì
意大利 Yì dà lì Italy意大利 Yì dà lì
介意 jiè yì to care about介意 jiè yì
有意思 yǒu yì si interesting有意思 yǒu yì si
故意 gùyì deliberately故意 gùyì
创意 chuàng yì creative創意
玩意 wán yì toy玩意 wán yì
乐意 lèyì content樂意
随意 suíyì as one wishes隨意
注意力 zhù yì lì attention注意力 zhù yì lì
在意 zàiyì to mind在意 zàiyì
有意 yǒu yì to intend有意 yǒu yì

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