意味

Chinese

		idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)	taste
simp. and trad. (意味)		意	味

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ mei⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ì-bī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): i³ bhi⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵i-mi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìwèi
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: yì-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihwey
    • Palladius: ивэй (ivɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji³ mei⁶
    • Yale: yi meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi³ méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ mei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì-bī
    • Tâi-lô: ì-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ie'bi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i²¹⁻⁵³ bi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²¹⁻⁵³ bi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i¹¹⁻⁵³ bi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²¹⁻⁴¹ bi³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: i³ bhi⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ì bī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹³⁻⁵⁵ bi¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵i-mi
    • MiniDict: i^去 mi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²i-mi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /i³³ mi⁴⁴/

Noun

意味

1. significance; meaning; implication
2. interest; overtone; flavour
3. trend; tendency

Synonyms

• (significance):

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• 內涵 / 内涵 (nèihán)
• 含意 (hányì)
• 含義 / 含义 (hányì)
• 寓意 (yùyì)
• 意蘊 / 意蕴 (yìyùn)
• 涵義 / 涵义 (hányì)
• 潛臺詞 / 潜台词 (qiántáicí) (figurative)
• 義蘊 / 义蕴 (yìyùn)
• 蘊意 / 蕴意 (yùnyì)

• (interest):

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• 享受 (xiǎngshòu)
• 局 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 意思
• 意趣 (yìqù)
• 樂趣 / 乐趣 (lèqù)
• 氣味 / 气味 (qìwèi) (figurative)
• 興味 / 兴味 (xìngwèi)
• 興會 / 兴会 (xìnghuì) (literary)
• 興致 / 兴致 (xìngzhì)
• 興趣 / 兴趣 (xìngqù)
• 趣味 (qùwèi)

• (trend):

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• 傾向 / 倾向
• 動向 / 动向 (dòngxiàng)
• 取向 (qǔxiàng)
• 方向 (fāngxiàng)
• 潮流 (cháoliú)
• 苗頭 / 苗头 (miáotou)
• 走向 (zǒuxiàng)
• 趨勢 / 趋势 (qūshì)
• 趨向 / 趋向 (qūxiàng)

Derived terms

• 意味深長 / 意味深长 (yìwèishēncháng)

Verb

意味

1. to mean; to signify; to imply
2. (Taiwan) to get a sense of; to experience; to feel

Synonyms

• (to mean):

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• 意味著 (yìwèizhe)
• 暗含 (ànhán)
• 暗指 (ànzhǐ)
• 暗示 (ànshì)
• 標誌 / 标志 (biāozhì)
• 蘊含 / 蕴含 (yùnhán)
• 隱含 / 隐含 (yǐnhán)

Derived terms

• 意味著 / 意味着 (yìwèizhe)