Meaning in Chinese
meaning · 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 meaning
More words with 意 or 思
How do you say meaning in Chinese?
Meaning in Chinese is 意思 (yì si). You can also say 意义 (yì yì), 含义 (hán yì).
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.