意義

See also: 意义

Chinese

		idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)	justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (意義)		意	義
simp. (意义)		意	义

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ ji⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yi-ngi
• Eastern Min (BUC): é-ngiê
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ì-gī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): i³ ngi⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹i-gni; ⁵i-gni

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìyì → yìyi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄧˋ → ㄧˋ ˙ㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìyi̊
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-i⁵
    • Yale: yì-yi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih.yih
    • Palladius: ии (ii)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/ → /i⁵¹ i¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji³ ji⁶
    • Yale: yi yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi³ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ jiː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-ngi
    • Hakka Romanization System: i ngi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴ ngi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i⁵⁵ ŋi⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-ngi
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)i ngi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴ ngi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i⁵⁵ ŋi⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: é-ngiê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹³⁻⁵³ ŋiɛ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì-gī
    • Tâi-lô: ì-gī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ie'gi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i²¹⁻⁵³ ɡi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²¹⁻⁵³ ɡi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡi³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: i³ ngi⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ì ngĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ŋi³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹i-gni; ⁵i-gni
    • MiniDict: i^平 nyi; i^去 nyi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹i-nyi; ²i-nyi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /i⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/, /i³³ n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

Noun

意義

1. meaning; sense

   比喻意義／比喻意义  ―  bǐyù yìyì  ―  figurative meaning

2. significance; importance; value

   重要意義／重要意义  ―  zhòngyào yìyì  ―  significance

   生命的意義／生命的意义  ―  shēngmìng de yìyì  ―  the meaning of life

   很有意義／很有意义  ―  hěn yǒu yìyì  ―  very meaningful

   意義重大／意义重大  ―  yìyì zhòngdà  ―  crucial

Synonyms

• (meaning): 意思 (yìsi)

Derived terms

• 意義深長／意义深长 (yìyìshēncháng)
• 意義療法／意义疗法 (yìyì liáofǎ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (意義):

• → Japanese: 意義(いぎ) (igi)
• → Korean: 의의(意義) (uiui)
• → Vietnamese: ý nghĩa (意義)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
意	義
い Grade: 3	ぎ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いぎ [íꜜgì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [iɡʲi]

Noun

意(い)義(ぎ) • (igi) 

1. significance

Korean

Hanja in this term
意	義

Noun

意義 • (uiui) (hangeul 의의)

1. hanja form^? of 의의 (“meaning, significance, importance”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
意	義

Noun

意義

1. chữ Hán form of ý nghĩa (“literal reading; meaning”).