"意義" meaning in Chinese

See 意義 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /i⁵¹ i¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jiː³³ jiː²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /i⁵⁵ ŋi⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Northern, Sixian, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA], /(j)i⁵⁵ ŋi⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Southern, Sixian, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /i²¹³⁻⁵³ ŋiɛ²⁴²/ [Min-Dong, Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /i²¹⁻⁵³ ɡi²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡi⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /i²¹⁻⁵³ ɡi²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /i¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡi³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /i²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡi³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung], /i²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ŋi³⁵/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, Sinological-IPA], /i⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/ [Wu, Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA], /i³³ n̠ʲi⁴⁴/ [Wu, Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA] Audio: zh-yìyì.ogg [Mandarin, Bopomofo] Forms: 意义 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 意義
  1. meaning; sense Synonyms (meaning): 意思 (yìsi)
    Sense id: en-意義-zh-noun-Ho~CbJ06 Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 75 25 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25 Disambiguation of 'meaning': 83 17
  2. significance; importance; value
    Sense id: en-意義-zh-noun-c56ZNGGB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 意義深長 (yìyìshēncháng), 意义深长 (yìyìshēncháng), 意義療法 (yìyì liáofǎ), 意义疗法 (yìyì liáofǎ)
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      "word": "意义深长"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yìyì liáofǎ",
      "word": "意義療法"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "意义疗法"
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      "lang_code": "ko",
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
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      "roman": "意義",
      "word": "ý nghĩa"
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          "roman": "zhòngyào yìyì",
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          "roman": "zhòngyào yìyì",
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          "english": "the meaning of life",
          "roman": "shēngmìng de yìyì",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "生命的意義",
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          "roman": "shēngmìng de yìyì",
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            "Simplified-Chinese"
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          "english": "very meaningful",
          "roman": "hěn yǒu yìyì",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "很有意義",
          "translation": "very meaningful",
          "type": "example"
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          "roman": "hěn yǒu yìyì",
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          "english": "crucial",
          "roman": "yìyì zhòngdà",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
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          "type": "example"
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          "importance",
          "importance"
        ],
        [
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          "value"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˋ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "zh-yìyì.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/Zh-yìyì.ogg/Zh-yìyì.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji³ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi-ngi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "é-ngiê"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ì-gī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i³ ngi⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i-gni"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵i-gni"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìyi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˋ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˋ ˙ㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìyi̊"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i⁴-i⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yì-yi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yih.yih"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ii",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ии"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵¹ i¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "仡仡",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "奕奕",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "悒悒",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "意義",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "意义",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "意譯",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "意译",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "熠熠",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "異義",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "异义",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "異議",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "异议",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "翼翼",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "譯意",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "译意",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji³ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi yih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji³ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi³ yi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː³³ jiː²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi-ngi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i ngi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi⁴ ngi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵ ŋi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi-ngi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "(r)i ngi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi⁴ ngi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i⁵⁵ ŋi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "é-ngiê"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹³⁻⁵³ ŋiɛ²⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ì-gī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ì-gī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ie'gi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁻⁵³ ɡi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡi⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁻⁵³ ɡi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i³ ngi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ì ngĭ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ŋi³⁵/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i-gni"
    },
    {
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        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵i-gni"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i^平 nyi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i^去 nyi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i-nyi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "²i-nyi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i³³ n̠ʲi⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Chinese terms spelled with 義",
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    "Pages with entries"
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      "roman": "yìyìshēncháng",
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    },
    {
      "roman": "yìyìshēncháng",
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    },
    {
      "roman": "yìyì liáofǎ",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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      ]
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              4
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              3,
              5
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              4,
              11
            ]
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          "roman": "shēngmìng de yìyì",
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            "Traditional-Chinese"
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        },
        {
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              13,
              17
            ]
          ],
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              3,
              5
            ]
          ],
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              4,
              11
            ]
          ],
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              12
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              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
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              5,
              12
            ]
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          "roman": "hěn yǒu yìyì",
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            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
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          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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              8,
              12
            ]
          ],
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              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
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              5,
              12
            ]
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          "roman": "hěn yǒu yìyì",
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        {
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              4
            ]
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              0,
              2
            ]
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˋ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "zh-yìyì.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/Zh-yìyì.ogg/Zh-yìyì.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/zh-yìyì.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji³ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi-ngi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "é-ngiê"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ì-gī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i³ ngi⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i-gni"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵i-gni"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìyi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˋ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˋ ˙ㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìyi̊"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i⁴-i⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yì-yi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yih.yih"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ii",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ии"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵¹ i¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "仡仡",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "奕奕",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "悒悒",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "意義",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "意义",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "意譯",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "意译",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "熠熠",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "異義",
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        "Homophones"
      ],
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "异义",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "異議",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "异议",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "翼翼",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "譯意",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "译意",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji³ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi yih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji³ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi³ yi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː³³ jiː²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi-ngi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i ngi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi⁴ ngi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵ ŋi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi-ngi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "(r)i ngi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi⁴ ngi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i⁵⁵ ŋi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "é-ngiê"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹³⁻⁵³ ŋiɛ²⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ì-gī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ì-gī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ie'gi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁻⁵³ ɡi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡi⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁻⁵³ ɡi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i³ ngi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ì ngĭ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ŋi³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i-gni"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵i-gni"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i^平 nyi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i^去 nyi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i-nyi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "²i-nyi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i³³ n̠ʲi⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yìsi",
      "sense": "meaning",
      "word": "意思"
    }
  ],
  "word": "意義"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 意義 meaning in Chinese (10.7kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <sup> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "意義"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "意義",
  "trace": "started on line 25, detected on line 25"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </sup>",
  "path": [
    "意義"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "意義",
  "trace": ""
}

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