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Intention in Chinese: 用意 (yòng yì)

yòng yì

intention

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1intention
  2. 2purpose

Stroke order

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用
意

Zhuyin

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ㄩㄥˋ

yòng

ㄩ/ üㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

ㄧˋ

yì

ㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 我不太明白他这么做的用意。

    wǒ bú tài míng bái tā zhè me zuò de yòng yì。

    I don't quite understand his intention in doing this.

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Related words

用

yòng

to use

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

作用

zuò yòng

to act on

得意

dé yì

proud of oneself

故意

gù yì

deliberately

使用

shǐ yòng

to use

意见

yì jiàn

idea

主意

zhǔ yi

plan

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