Idea in Chinese
idea · HSK 2
意思
- 意 idea
- 思 to think
这个词是什么意思？ What does this word mean?
Other ways to say idea
More words with 意 or 思
How do you say idea in Chinese?
Idea in Chinese is 意思 (yì si). You can also say 想法 (xiǎng fǎ), 意见 (yì jiàn), 主意 (zhǔ yi), 概念 (gài niàn).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.