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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 意思

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
意思 yì si - idea
- opinion
- meaning
- wish
- desire
- interest
- fun
- token of appreciation, affection etc
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- to give as a small token
- to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc

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 2 215 1,763 1,062

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
意 yì- Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
意 yì- idea
- meaning
- thought
- to think
- wish
- desire
- intention
- to expect
- to anticipate
思 sī- to think
- to consider

Other Words Containing 意思

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
意思 2 2 215 1,763 1,062
不好意思 5 2 670 4,943 2,382
有意思 - 2 998 4,970 2,278
没意思 - 7 8,022 14,635 6,166
小意思 - - 12,049 29,857 12,635
好意思 - - 16,211 17,464 7,134