VocabularyHSK 3 · core

意思

yìsi

meaning

Part of speech · noun

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思think

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Examples

什么意思?
What does it mean?
这本书很有意思。
This book is interesting.

Collocations

什么意思有意思没意思不好意思

Mnemonic

意思 yìsi "meaning" — 意 + 思. Multi-functional: (1) "meaning" (什么意思 "what does it mean"), (2) "interesting" in 有意思 (lit. "have meaning"), (3) 不好意思 "embarrassed / I\'m sorry".

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Common meaning of 不好意思?