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意
Yì
1. Italy
2. Italian
3. abbr. for [[意大利<Yìdàlì>]]
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 13 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

意
yì
thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention
HSK 2 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

一意
yīyì
focus
不意
bùyì
unexpectedly
中意
ZhōngYì
Sino-Italian
中意
zhòngyì
to take one's fancy
主意
zhǔyi
plan
HSK 4
人意
rényì
people's expectations
介意
jièyì
to care about
任意
rènyì
arbitrary
HSK 6
来意
láiyì
one's purpose in coming
信意
xìnyì
at will
假意
jiǎyì
hypocrisy
刻意
kèyì
meticulous
创意
chuàngyì
creative
加意
jiāyì
paying special care
原意
yuányì
original meaning
合意
héyì
to suit one's taste
同意
tóngyì
to agree
HSK 3
含意
hányì
meaning
善意
shànyì
goodwill
单意
dānyì
unambiguous

Alternate Entries

意
yì
idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
103
Word Frequency Rank
231 of 84,292

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