意義

意義

See also: 意义

Chinese

		idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; (abbr.) Italy	justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (意義)		意	義
simp. (意义)		意	义

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ ji⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yi-ngi
• Min Dong (BUC): é-ngiê
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ì-gī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): i³ ngi⁶

• Wu (Wiktionary): i nyi (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: yìyì → yìyi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄧˋ → ㄧˋ ˙ㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih.yih
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/ → /i⁵¹ i¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji³ ji⁶
    • Yale: yi yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi³ yi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ jiː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-ngi
    • Hakka Romanization System: i ngi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴ ngi⁴
    • IPA: /i⁵⁵ ɲi⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-ngi
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)i ngi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴ ngi⁴
    • IPA: /(j)i⁵⁵ ɲi⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: é-ngiê
    • IPA ^(key): /i²¹³⁻⁵³ ŋiɛ²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì-gī
    • Tâi-lô: ì-gī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ie'gi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i²¹⁻⁵³ gi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ gi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²¹⁻⁵³ gi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i¹¹⁻⁵³ gi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²¹⁻⁴¹ gi³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: i³ ngi⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ì ngĭ
    • IPA ^(key): /i²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ŋi³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: i nyi (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /i³³ n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

Noun

意義

1. sense; meaning; significance; importance; value

   生命的意義 / 生命的意义  ―  shēngmìng de yìyì  ―  the meaning of life

Derived terms

有意義／有意义 (yǒuyìyì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (意義):

• → Japanese: 意 (い)義 (ぎ) (igi)
• → Korean: 의의 (意義, uiui)
• → Vietnamese: ý nghĩa (意義)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
意	義
い Grade: 3	ぎ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

意義 (hiragana いぎ, rōmaji igi)

1. significance

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Korean

Hanja in this term
意	義

Noun

意義 • (uiui) (hangeul 의의)

1. Hanja form^? of 의의 (“meaning, significance, importance”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
意	義

Noun

意義

1. Hán tự form of ý nghĩa (“literal reading; meaning”).