有意無意

See also: 有意无意

Chinese

		to have a mind to; to be intentional; to have romantic interest in to have a mind to; to be intentional; to have romantic interest in; to be attached to	to have no intention of; accidentally; inadvertently to have no intention of; accidentally; inadvertently; unwittingly
trad. (有意無意)		有意	無意
simp. (有意无意)		有意	无意

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒuyìwúyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄧˋ ㄨˊ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ ji³ mou⁴ ji³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒuyìwúyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄧˋ ㄨˊ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒuyìwúyì
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-i⁴-wu²-i⁴
    • Yale: yǒu-yì-wú-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeouyihwuyih
    • Palladius: юиуи (juiui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹ u³⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ ji³ mou⁴ ji³
    • Yale: yáuh yi mòuh yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ ji³ mou⁴ ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ yi³ mou⁴ yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ jiː³³ mou̯²¹ jiː³³/

Idiom

有意無意

1. intentionally or otherwise; seemingly unintentional but actually purposeful

   她總是有意無意問起他個人感情經歷。 [MSC, trad.]
   她总是有意无意问起他个人感情经历。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā zǒngshì yǒuyìwúyì wèn qǐ tā gèrén gǎnqíng jīnglì. [Pinyin]

   She often asks him about his past relationships in subtle ways.