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意

yì · yi/Yì · yi

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Meaning

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yì 意

  1. idea
  2. meaning
  3. thought
  4. to think
  5. wish
  6. desire
  7. intention
  8. to expect
  9. to anticipate

Yì 意

  1. Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利 (Yì dà lì))

In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)就(jiù)随(suí)了(le)我(wǒ)的(de)意(yì)吧(ba)。

Humor me.

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02

这(zhè)句(jù)话(huà)的(de)意(yì)思(si)我(wǒ)还(hái)没(méi)弄(nòng)明(míng)白(bai)。

I still haven't figured out the meaning of this sentence.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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