意

yì

idea

Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4]); meaning; thought; to think; wish; desire; intention; to expect; to anticipate

sound (音) + heart (心) = intention and meaning

心 anchors the meaning: ideas and intentions arise from the heart-mind. 音 gives the approximate sound yì and does not carry semantic weight here.

音+心→意
心HeartSemantic
音SoundPhonetic

他一直有去意大利旅行的意愿。

tā yī zhí yǒu qù yì dà lì lǚ xíng de yì yuàn。

he has always had the wish to travel to Italy.

你说的这句话是什么意思?

nǐ shuō de zhè jù huà shì shén me yì si?

what is the meaning of this sentence you said?

Words with 意

随意

suí yì

as one wishes

生意经

shēng yi jīng

knack of doing business

善解人意

shàn jiě rén yì

to be good at understanding others (idiom)

诗意

shī yì

poetry

德意志

dé yì zhì

Deutschland; Germany

介意

jiè yì

to care about

意大利

yì dà lì

Italy

意向

yì xiàng

intention

言下之意

yán xià zhī yì

implication

三心二意

sān xīn èr yì

in two minds about sth (idiom)

写意

xiè yì

comfortable

意旨

yì zhǐ

intent

More characters with 音

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