意思

意思

Chinese

		idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; (abbr.) Italy	to think; to consider
simp. and trad. (意思)		意	思

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yìsi, yìsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ˙ㄙ, ㄧˋ ㄙ

  (Chengdu, SP): yi⁴ si¹

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йисы (yisɨ, III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ si³, ji³ si¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yi-sṳ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yi⁴ si¹

• Min Dong (BUC): é-sé̤ṳ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ì-sù / ì-sìr / ì-sì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): i³ se³

• Wu (Wiktionary): i sr (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìsi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ˙ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìsi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-ssŭ⁵
    • Yale: yì-sz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih.sy
    • Palladius: исы (isy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ sz̩¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary or regional variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìsih
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: yì-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihsy
    • Palladius: исы (isy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yi⁴ si¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: is
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹³ sz̩⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йисы (yisɨ, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁴⁴ sz̩²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji³ si³, ji³ si¹
    • Yale: yi si, yi sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ si³, ji³ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi³ xi³, yi³ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ siː³³/, /jiː³³ siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: i sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)i sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yi⁴ si¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i⁵³ sz̩⁴⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: é-sé̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(s-)løy²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì-sù
    • Tâi-lô: ì-sù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iesux
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²¹⁻⁴¹ su²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /i²¹⁻⁵³ su²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i¹¹⁻⁵³ su¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì-sìr
    • Tâi-lô: ì-sìr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /i²¹⁻⁴² sɯ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì-sì
    • Tâi-lô: ì-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iesix
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: i³ se³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ì sṳ̀
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: i sr (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔɨ^H  sɨ^H/

Rime
Character	意	思
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於記切	相吏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨH/	/sɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨH/	/sɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔieH/	/sieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨH/	/sɨH/
Li Rong	/ʔiəH/	/siəH/
Wang Li	/ĭəH/	/sĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔiH/	/siH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì	sì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji3	si3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔ(r)ək-s  [s]ə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯɡs  snɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	意	思
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì	sī
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔiH ›	‹ si ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔ(r)ək-s/	/*[s]ə/
English	thought (n.)	think
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	意	思
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	15153	13843
Phonetic component	意	囟
Rime group	代	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	意	笥
Old Chinese	/*qɯɡs/	/*snɯs/

Noun

意思

1. meaning (of words, symbols, or concepts); significance

   字面上的意思  ―  zìmiàn shàng de yìsi  ―  literal meaning

   別笑！我真是這個意思！ [MSC, trad.]
   别笑！我真是这个意思！ [MSC, simp.]

   Bié xiào! Wǒ zhēn shì zhège yìsi! [Pinyin]

   Don't laugh! I mean it!

   你嘅意思就係…… [Cantonese, trad.]
   你嘅意思就系…… [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ ge³ ji³ si¹ zau⁶ hai⁶...... [Jyutping]

   So what you mean is that…

2. interest; fun

   這部電影一點意思也沒有。 [MSC, trad.]
   这部电影一点意思也没有。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè bù diànyǐng yīdiǎn yìsi yě méiyǒu. [Pinyin]

   This movie is not interesting in the slightest.

   通過與她相處這段時間的感受，我覺得她對我有意思了。 [MSC, trad.]
   通过与她相处这段时间的感受，我觉得她对我有意思了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tōngguò yǔ tā xiàngchù zhè duàn shíjiān de gǎnshòu, wǒ juéde tā duì wǒ yǒu yìsi le. [Pinyin]

   Since we got along so well last time, I think she's interested in me.

3. hint; trace; sign; indicator

   甲：這裡空氣看來是被污染了。乙：對哦，好像是有那麼點意思。 [MSC, trad.]
   甲：这里空气看来是被污染了。乙：对哦，好像是有那么点意思。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jiǎ: Zhèlǐ kōngqì kànlái shì bèi wūrǎn le. Yǐ: Duì o, hǎoxiàng shì yǒu nàme diǎn yìsi. [Pinyin]

   A: The air appears to be polluted here. B: Yeah, it looks like it.

4. opinion; view

   我想買新車，你的意思呢？ [MSC, trad.]
   我想买新车，你的意思呢？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiǎng mǎi xīn chē, nǐ de yìsi ne? [Pinyin]

   I'd like to buy a new car. What do you think?

5. token of appreciation

   這是一點小意思。／这是一点小意思。  ―  Zhè shì yī diǎn xiǎo yìsi.  ―  This is a mere token of my appreciation.

6. friendship; camaraderie

Synonyms

• (meaning): 意義／意义 (yìyì)
• (hint):

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景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary) 眉目 (méimu) 端倪 (duānní) 苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds) 徵候兒／征候儿 (zhēnghour) (Beijing)

線索／线索 (xiànsuǒ) 跡象／迹象 (jìxiàng) 頭緒／头绪 (tóuxù) 頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

• (opinion):

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Synonyms of 意思

想法 (xiǎngfǎ) 意下 (yìxià) (literary) 看法 (kànfǎ) 眼光 (yǎnguāng) 睇法 (Cantonese) 角度 (jiǎodù) 主張／主张 (zhǔzhāng) 倡議／倡议 (chàngyì) 建議／建议 (jiànyì)

意見／意见 (yìjiàn) 提議／提议 (tíyì) 看點／看点 (kàndiǎn) 見地／见地 (jiàndì) 見解／见解 (jiànjiě) 觀點／观点 (guāndiǎn) 諗法／谂法 (Cantonese) 議／议 (yì) (literary, or in compounds)

• (interest):

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享受 (xiǎngshòu) 意味 (yìwèi) 意趣 (yìqù) 趣味 (qùwèi) 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)

• (friendship):

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Synonyms of 意思

交情 (jiāoqíng) 友好 (yǒuhǎo) 友情 (yǒuqíng) 寸心 (cùnxīn) (literary) 心意 (xīnyì) 恩意 (ēnyì) (literary)

情性 (qíngxìng) (literary) 情意 (qíngyì) 友誼／友谊 (yǒuyì) 情義／情义 (qíngyì) 情誼／情谊 (qíngyì)

Derived terms

不好意思 (bùhǎoyìsi) 好意思 (hǎoyìsi) 小意思 (xiǎoyìsi) 意思意思 (yìsiyisi)

意思表示 (yìsi biǎoshì) 有意思 (yǒuyìsi) 夠意思／够意思 (gòuyìsi) 沒意思／没意思 (méiyìsi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (意思):

• → Japanese: 意思(いし) (ishi)
• → Korean: 의사(意思) (uisa)
• → Vietnamese: ý tứ (意思)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
意	思
い Grade: 3	し Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) い​し [íꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [iɕi]

Noun

意(い)思(し) • (ishi) 

1. intention; intent; purpose; mind; a wish
   • 2005 November 9, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン)ファイナル [Armed Alchemy: The Final Act]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) [Armed Alchemy], volume 9, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     錬(れん)金(きん)術(じゅつ)——この力(ちから)はいずれ必(かなら)ず人(じん)類(るい)に不(ふ)幸(こう)をもたらす　核(かく)鉄(がね)もホムンクルスもそして武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン)も

     Renkinjutsu—— Kono chikara wa izure kanarazu jinrui ni fukō o motarasu Kakugane mo Homunkurusu mo soshite Busō Renkin mo

     Alchemy— Its power brings forth only misery upon humanity. The Kakugane, the Homunculi, the Armed Alchemies, all of them alike.

     そんなコトはありません　力(ちから)はあくまで力(ちから)　もたらすとすればそれは扱(あつか)う者(もの)の邪(じゃ)悪(あく)な意(い)思(し)

     Sonna koto wa arimasen Chikara wa aku made chikara Motarasu to sureba sore wa atsukau mono no jaaku na ishi

     That is not true. Power is only power. Whatever bad things it brings forth come from the user’s evil intent.

     …………その意(い)思(し)とは　その邪(じゃ)悪(あく)な意(い)思(し)とは例(たと)えば———…

     …………Sono ishi to wa Sono jaaku na ishi to wa tatoeba———…

     …This intent you’re talking about. This evil intent, is it like—

   • 2005 November 9, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン)ファイナル [Armed Alchemy: The Final Act]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) [Armed Alchemy], volume 9, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     例(たと)えば！年(とし)端(は)もいかぬ娘(むすめ)に責(せき)を負(お)わせて化(ばけ)物(もの)にし‼化(ばけ)物(もの)にされた父(ちち)親(おや)を討(う)たせようとする様(よう)な意(い)思(し)のコトかァッ‼‼

     Tatoeba! Toshiha mo ikanu musume ni seki o owasete bakemono ni shi‼ Bakemono ni sareta chichioya o utaseyō to suru yō na ishi no koto kā'‼‼

     Is it like the kind of intent that puts responsibility on a little girl’s shoulders, turns her into a monster, and sends her to kill her own father, who was also turned into a monster!?

   • 2005 November 9, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン)ファイナル [Armed Alchemy: The Final Act]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) [Armed Alchemy], volume 9, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     再(さい)殺(さつ)はお前(まえ)達(たち)の必(ひつ)然(ぜん)　怒(いか)りだ！もう怒(いか)りしかない‼邪(じゃ)悪(あく)は人(ひと)の意(い)思(し)でなく　心(こころ)の一(いち)部(ぶ)！錬金術(このチカラ)を正(ただ)しく扱(あつか)うコトなど　以(もっ)て不(ふ)可(か)能(のう)‼

     Saisatsu wa omaetachi no hitsuzen Ikari da! Mō ikari shika nai‼ Jaaku wa hito no ishi de naku kokoro no ichibu! Kono chikara o tadashiku atsukau koto nado motte fukanō‼

     To you lot, re-exterminating is an inevitability. Rage! Rage is all I have left!! Evil does not come from human intent, it’s part of human nature! The power of alchemy cannot possibly be used for good!!

See also

• 意(い)志(し) (ishi, “will”).

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
意	思

Noun

意思 • (uisa) (hangeul 의사)

1. Hanja form^? of 의사 (“intent, opinion, view, suggestion, idea, comment”).