意
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(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind; (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
Formation & memory
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Words with 意
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一心一意 | concentrating one's thoughts and efforts; single-minded; bent on; intently | |
| 意大利人 | Italian person | |
| 不中意 | not to one's liking | |
| 意中人 | sweetheart; one's true love; the person of one's thoughts | |
| 无意中 | accidentally; unintentionally; unexpectedly | |
| 拉生意 | to tout; to solicit customers | |
| 意大利面 | spaghetti; pasta | |
| 意大利 | Italy | |
| 意大利语 | Italian (language) | |
| 不意 | unexpectedly; unawareness; unpreparedness | |
| 人意 | people's expectations | |
| 大意 | general idea; main idea | |
| 大意 | careless | |
| 意中事 | sth that is expected or wished for | |
| 出人意外 | turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected | |
| 一意 | focus; with complete devotion; stubbornly | |
| 意气风发 | (idiom) high-spirited; full of mettle | |
| 小本生意 | small business | |
| 中意 | Sino-Italian | |
| 中意 | to take one's fancy; to be to one's liking |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 音 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 音 sound part | sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation | |
| 暗 | dark, gloomy; obscure; secret, covert | |
| 谙 | well-versed in, fully acquainted with | |
| 黯 | black; dark; sullen, dreary | |
| 窨 | cellar, storeroom | |
| 喑 | dumb, mute; the sobbing of an infant | |
| 戠 | sword; potter's clay; to gather | |
| 揞 | to cover, to conceal; to apply medicine or make-up | |
| 歆 | to like, to admire; willingly, gladly |