意味

Chinese

		idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)	taste
simp. and trad. (意味)		意	味

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ mei⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ì-bī

(Teochew, Peng'im): i³ bhi⁷
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵i-mi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìwèi
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-wei⁴
  - Yale: yì-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihwey
  - Palladius: ивэй (ivɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    意味
    異味／异味
    義位／义位
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji³ mei⁶
  - Yale: yi meih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ mei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi³ méi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ mei̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì-bī
  - Tâi-lô: ì-bī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ie'bi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i²¹⁻⁵³ bi²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²¹⁻⁵³ bi²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /i¹¹⁻⁵³ bi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²¹⁻⁴¹ bi³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: i³ bhi⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ì bī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹³⁻⁵⁵ bi¹¹/
Wu
- (Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵i-mi
  - MiniDict: i^去 mi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²i-mi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /i³³ mi⁴⁴/

Noun

意味

Synonyms

(significance):

內涵／内涵 (nèihán)
含意 (hányì)
含義／含义 (hányì)
寓意 (yùyì)
意蘊／意蕴 (yìyùn)
涵義／涵义 (hányì)
潛臺詞／潜台词 (qiántáicí) (figurative)
義蘊／义蕴 (yìyùn)
蘊意／蕴意 (yùnyì)

(interest):

享受 (xiǎngshòu)
局 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
意思
意趣 (yìqù)
樂趣／乐趣 (lèqù)
氣味／气味 (qìwèi) (figurative)
興味／兴味 (xìngwèi)
興會／兴会 (xìnghuì) (literary)
興致／兴致 (xìngzhì)
興趣／兴趣 (xìngqù)
趣味 (qùwèi)

(trend):

傾向／倾向
動向／动向 (dòngxiàng)
取向 (qǔxiàng)
方向 (fāngxiàng)
潮流 (cháoliú)
苗頭／苗头 (miáotou)
走向 (zǒuxiàng)
趨勢／趋势 (qūshì)
趨向／趋向 (qūxiàng)

Derived terms

意味深長／意味深长 (yìwèishēncháng)

Verb

意味

to mean; to signify; to imply
(Taiwan) to get a sense of; to experience; to feel

Synonyms

(to mean):

意味著 (yìwèizhe)
暗含 (ànhán)
暗指 (ànzhǐ)
暗示 (ànshì)
標誌／标志
蘊含／蕴含 (yùnhán)
隱含／隐含 (yǐnhán)

Derived terms

意味著／意味着 (yìwèizhe)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
意	味
い Grade: 3	み Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いみ [íꜜmì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [imʲi]

Noun

意(い)味(み) • (imi)

a meaning; a significance; a point
意(い)味(み)が通(とお)らない。
Imi ga tōranai.
To not make any sense.

意(い)味(み)を取(と)る。
Imi o toru.
To understand.

意(い)味(み)を捉(とら)える。
Imi o toraeru.
To grasp the meaning.
- 2011 February 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)三(さん)十(じゅう)一(いち)訓(くん)　社(し)会(ごと)見(けん)学(がく)は大人(おとな)にとっても学(まな)ぶ事(こと)の多(おお)い場(ば) [Lesson 331: Field Trips Are Often Learning Experiences Even for Adults]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) (銀(ぎん)魂(たま)) [Silver Soul], volume 38 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
  
  この鼻(はな)の下(した)溝(みぞ)しかりファミコンのⅡ(ツー)コンのマイクしかりスーパーレジェンド読(よみ)切(き)り企(き)画(かく)の空(そら)知(ち)英(ひで)秋(あき)しかり　世(よ)の中(なか)にはなんで存(そん)在(ざい)するのか意(い)味(み)がわからないもので溢(あふ)れている
  Kono hana no shita mizo shikari Famikon no Tsū Kon no maiku shikari Sūpā Rejendo yomikiri kikaku no Sorachi Hideaki shikari yo no naka ni wa nan de sonzai suru no ka imi ga wakaranai mono de afurete iru
  Just like this depression under your nose, the mic on a Controller II for the Famicom, or the fact that Sorachi Hideaki was on the Super Legend one-shot project, the world is full of things no one knows why exist, things without apparent meaning.
- 2012 July 13, “群(む)れの癒(いや)し手(て) [Healer of the Pride]”, in 基本セット2013 [Core Set 2013], Wizards of the Coast:
  
  「意(い)味(み)のない命(いのち)などありません。小(ちい)さすぎるからといって強(つよ)くなれない生(い)き物(もの)もいません。」
  “Imi no nai inochi nado arimasen. Chīsasugiru kara to itte tsuyokunare nai ikimono mo imasen.”
  “No life is without meaning. No living thing is too small to be strong.”
meaning; definition
「マスをかく」ってどういう意(い)味(み)ですか？
“Masu o kaku” tte dō iu imi desu ka?
What does "masu o kaku" mean?

意(い)味(み)不(ふ)明(めい)な言(こと)葉(ば)。
Imi fumei na kotoba.
A word of unclear meaning.

Derived terms

無(む)意(い)味(み) (muimi)
意(い)味(み)合(あ)い (imiai)
意(い)味(み)深(しん)長(ちょう) (imishinchō)
意(い)味(み)内(ない)容(よう) (imi naiyō)
意(い)味(み)付(づ)ける (imizukeru)
意(い)味(み)論(ろん) (imiron)
やおい (yaoi)

Verb

意(い)味(み)する • (imi suru) suru (stem 意(い)味(み)し (imi shi), past 意(い)味(み)した (imi shita))

to mean, signify, imply

Conjugation

Conjugation of "意味する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	意味し	いみし	imi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	意味し	いみし	imi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	意味する	いみする	imi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	意味する	いみする	imi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	意味すれ	いみすれ	imi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	意味せよ¹ 意味しろ²	いみせよ¹ いみしろ²	imi seyo¹ imi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	意味される	いみされる	imi sareru
Causative	意味させる意味さす	いみさせるいみさす	imi saseru imi sasu
Potential	意味できる	いみできる	imi dekiru
Volitional	意味しよう	いみしよう	imi shiyō
Negative	意味しない	いみしない	imi shinai
Negative continuative	意味せず	いみせず	imi sezu
Formal	意味します	いみします	imi shimasu
Perfective	意味した	いみした	imi shita
Conjunctive	意味して	いみして	imi shite
Hypothetical conditional	意味すれば	いみすれば	imi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
意	味

Noun

意味 • (uimi) (hangeul 의미)

Hanja form^? of 의미 (“meaning, significance”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
意	味

Noun

意味

chữ Hán form of ý vị (“deep; profound meaning”).

Adjective

意味

chữ Hán form of ý vị (“deeply; profoundly meaningful”).

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[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN