善
意

Goodwill in Chinese: 善意 (shàn yì)

shàn yì

goodwill

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1goodwill
  2. 2benevolence
  3. 3kindness

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善
意

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄢˋ

shàn

ㄕ/ shㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄧˋ

yì

ㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 我完全是出于善意才提醒你的。

    wǒ wán quán shì chū yú shàn yì cái tí xǐng nǐ de。

    I only reminded you out of pure goodwill.

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Related words

善

shàn

good (virtuous)

意思

yì si

idea

满意

mǎn yì

satisfied

同意

tóng yì

to agree

愿意

yuàn yì

to wish

注意

zhù yì

to take note of

得意

dé yì

proud of oneself

故意

gù yì

deliberately

意见

yì jiàn

idea

主意

zhǔ yi

plan

改善

gǎi shàn

to make better

善良

shàn liáng

good and honest

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