What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 意思 mean?

意思 yìsi

meaning; idea

It can also mean

  • token of affection; gift (as in 小意思)
  • to show appreciation with a gift (as in 意思一下)
  • interest; fun (as in 有意思)

Its characters

  1. 意 yì idea
  2. 思 sī to think

In a sentence

这个词是什么意思? What does this word mean?

同学们都不知道这是什么意思。

From 中国的“中” · How to say China in Chinese

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