如意

如意

Chinese

		as (if); such as	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; (abbr.) Italy
simp. and trad. (如意)		如	意
Literally: “according to [one's] wishes”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ ji³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yì-yi
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): jû-ì / lû-ì / jî-ì / lîr-ì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ru⁵ i³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: rúyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruyih
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ ji³
    • Yale: yùh yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ yi³
    • IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ jiː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-yi
    • Hakka Romanization System: iˇ i
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi² yi⁴
    • IPA: /i¹¹ i⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-yi
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iˇ (r)i
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi² yi⁴
    • IPA: /(j)i¹¹ (j)i⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû-ì
    • Tâi-lô: jû-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ju'ix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³⁻³³ i²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû-ì
    • Tâi-lô: lû-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lu'ix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lu²⁴⁻²² i⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lu²⁴⁻²² i²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lu²⁴⁻¹¹ i¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-ì
    • Tâi-lô: jî-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ji'ix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑi²³⁻³³ i²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑi¹³⁻²² i²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîr-ì
    • Tâi-lô: lîr-ì
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ²⁴⁻²² i⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ru⁵ i³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jû ì
    • IPA ^(key): /d͡zu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ i²¹³/

Verb

如意

1. to be as one wishes; to be satisfactory

Synonyms

• 稱心／称心 (chènxīn)
• (literary) 順心／顺心 (shùnxīn)

Derived terms

不如意事，十常八九 (bù rúyì shì, shí cháng bā jiǔ) 如意套 (rúyìtào) 如意算盤／如意算盘 (rúyìsuànpán) 如意郎君 (rúyìlángjūn)

新正如意 (xīnzhēng rúyì) 稱心如意／称心如意 (chènxīnrúyì) 萬事如意／万事如意 (wànshìrúyì)

Noun

如意

1. ceremonial sceptre (auspicious decorative object associated with Chinese Buddhist ritual made from bone or jade, with a cloud or lingzhi-shaped head and slightly curved handle)