中意

Chinese edit

Etymology 1 edit

	to hit (the mark)	wish; desire
simp. and trad. (中意)	中	意
alternative forms	鍾意／钟意 (zung1 ji3) Cantonese
anagram	意中

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhòngyì

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄧˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zung¹ ji³, zung³ ji³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): zuung¹ yi¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chung-yi

(Meixian, Guangdong): zung⁴ yi⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tèng-ì
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹tson-i

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngyì
  - Wade–Giles: chung⁴-i⁴
  - Yale: jùng-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqyih
  - Palladius: чжунъи (čžunʺi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    中意
    眾議／众议
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ ji³, zung³ ji³
  - Yale: jūng yi, jung yi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ ji³, dzung³ ji³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yi³, zung³ yi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː³³/, /t͡sʊŋ³³ jiː³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: zuung¹ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵŋ³³ ji³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chung-yi
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung i
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung⁴ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chung-yi
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung (r)i
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung⁴ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ⁵⁵ (j)i⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zung⁴ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʊŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ i⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tèng-ì
  - Tâi-lô: tìng-ì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: deang'ix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ i²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ i⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ i²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ i¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ i²¹/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹tson-i
  - MiniDict: tson^平 i
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tson-i
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ i²¹/

Verb edit

中意

to be to one's liking; to take or catch the fancy of; to suit one's desire; to be agreeable to one's wish or taste
- 使宦豎以箱櫃裝少年入內，同寢處有不中意者，害之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  使宦竖以箱柜装少年入内，同寝处有不中意者，害之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1368-1644, Yang Erzeng(楊爾增), 東西晉演義
  Shǐ huànshù yǐ xiāngguì zhuāng shàonián rùnèi, tóng qǐn chù yǒu bù zhòngyì zhě, hài zhī. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 若素道：「你不中意麼？」衾兒帶笑道：「什麼中意不中意？只顧盤問，小姐少不得看見就知道。但他在這裏，未必長久。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  若素道：「你不中意么？」衾儿带笑道：「什么中意不中意？只顾盘问，小姐少不得看见就知道。但他在这里，未必长久。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1636-1912, Anyang Jiumin(安陽酒民), 情夢柝
  Ruòsù dào: “Nǐ bù zhòngyì me?” Qīn'ér dài xiào dào: “Shénme zhòngyì bù zhòngyì? Zhǐ gù pánwèn, xiǎojiě shàobùdé kànjiàn jiù zhīdào. Dàn tā zài zhèlǐ, wèibì chángjiǔ.” [Pinyin]
  Ruosu asks, “Do you not like it?” Qin’er says with a smile, “What do you mean do I not like it? All you do is ask, miss, you’ll know when you’ll see it. But he’s not necessarily going to be here for long.”
- 他誰啊？／他就是你很中意的宮村 [MSC, trad.]
  他谁啊？／他就是你很中意的宫村 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2021, This Summer's Going to Be a Hot One, in Horimiya, season 1, episode 6
  Tā shéi a? ／ Tā jiù shì nǐ hěn zhòngyì de Gōngcūn [Pinyin]
  Who's he? / He's your oh-so-favorite Miyamura

Synonyms edit

合心 (héxīn)
合意 (héyì)
如意 (rúyì)
心甘 (xīngān)
滿／满 (mǎn)
滿意／满意 (mǎnyì)
滿足／满足 (mǎnzú)
甘心 (gānxīn) (usually in the negative)
稱心／称心 (chènxīn)
稱願／称愿 (chènyuàn)
順心／顺心 (shùnxīn) (literary)
飽足／饱足 (bǎozú) (literary)
饜足／餍足 (yànzú) (literary)

Dialectal synonyms of 喜歡 (“to like”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		好, 喜好, 愛好, 字
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喜歡, 喜愛, 喜好, 愛好
Mandarin	Beijing	喜歡, 好希, 稀罕, 愛
	Taiwan	喜歡, 愛
	Jinan	喜歡
	Xi'an	喜歡, 愛
	Wuhan	喜歡, 愛
	Chengdu	喜歡, 歡喜, 愛
	Chongqing	喜歡, 歡喜
	Guilin	喜歡
	Yangzhou	歡喜
	Hefei	喜歡
	Malaysia	喜歡
	Singapore	喜歡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	中意, 歡喜
	Hong Kong	中意, 好
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	中意
	Macau	中意
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	中意
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	中意
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	中意
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	中意
	Foshan	中意
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	中意
	Foshan (Shunde)	中意
	Foshan (Sanshui)	中意
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	中意
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	歡喜, 中意
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	中意
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	中意
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	中意
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	中意
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	中意
	Taishan	中意
	Kaiping (Chikan)	爽心, 中意
	Enping (Niujiang)	中意
	Heshan (Yayao)	中意
	Dongguan	中意
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	中意
	Yangjiang	中意, 歡喜
	Beihai	中意
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	中意
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	中意, 喜歡
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	中意
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	中意, 蘇格
	Singapore (Guangfu)	中意
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	中意
	Móng Cái	中意
Gan	Nanchang	歡喜
Hakka	Meixian	中意, 好
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	中意
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	中意
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	中意
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	中意
	Conghua (Lütian)	歡喜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	中意, 好
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	中意, 好
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	中意, 好
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	中意, 合意, 好
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	中意, 好
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	佮意, 愛
	Senai (Huiyang)	中意
	Kuching (Hepo)	蘇格
Huizhou	Jixi	喜歡, 歡喜
Jin	Taiyuan	喜歡, 待見
Northern Min	Jian'ou	愛, 喜歡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	歡喜, 中意, 愛
Southern Min	Xiamen	歡喜, 意愛, 愛, 佮意, 舒合
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	佮意
	Quanzhou	歡喜, 意愛, 愛, 佮意
	Shishi	佮意
	Zhangzhou	歡喜, 愛, 佮意
	Tainan	佮意, 意愛, 愛
	Penang (Hokkien)	舒合, 愛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	舒合, 愛
	Manila (Hokkien)	愛, 佮意
	Chaozhou	歡喜, 愛, 喜歡
	Shantou	歡喜
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	好, 尚, 喜歡
	Jieyang	歡喜, 愛, 好, 尚, 喜歡
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	喜歡
	Singapore (Teochew)	舒合
	Wenchang	歡喜
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	中意
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	字
Wu	Shanghai	歡喜
	Suzhou	歡喜
	Ningbo	歡喜, 看相, 中意 dated
	Wenzhou	喜歡
Xiang	Changsha	喜歡
Xiang	Shuangfeng	喜歡

Descendants edit

→ Tagalog: tingi

Etymology 2 edit

		China	Italy
simp. and trad. (中意)		中	意
anagram		意中

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhōng-Yì

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ ji³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōng-Yì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongyì
  - Wade–Giles: Chung¹-i⁴
  - Yale: Jūng-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongyih
  - Palladius: Чжунъи (Čžunʺi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ ji³
  - Yale: jūng yi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ ji³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː³³/

Noun edit

中意

China and Italy

Adjective edit

中意

Sino-Italian