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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)

本意
běnyì
original idea
诗意
shīyì
poetry
暖意
nuǎnyì
warmth
有意
yǒuyì
to intend
无意
wúyì
inadvertent
词意
cíyì
meaning of word
天意
tiānyì
providence
春意
chūnyì
beginning of spring
写意
xièyì
enjoyable
会意
huìyì
combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods [[六書|六书<liùshū>]] of forming Chinese characters)
注意
zhùyì
to take note of
HSK 3
满意
mǎnyì
satisfied
HSK 3
称意
chènyì
to be satisfactory
表意
biǎoyì
to express meaning
善意
shànyì
goodwill
在意
zàiyì
to care about
HSK 6
敌意
díyì
enmity
旨意
zhǐyì
decree
失意
shīyì
disappointed
如意
rúyì
as one wants

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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