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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 意味

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
意味 yì wèi - meaning
- implication
- flavor
- overtone
- to mean
- to imply
- (Tw) to get a sense of

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 2,811 9,857 10,480

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- idea
- meaning
- thought
- to think
- wish
- desire
- intention
- to expect
- to anticipate
wèi- taste
- smell
- (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
- quality
- sense
- (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription

Other Words Containing 意味

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
意味着 6 5 1,032 2,158 3,479
意味 - - 2,811 9,857 10,480
意味深长 - - 25,842 24,065 23,232