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Chinese
to own; to host; master
to own; to host; master; lord; primary
idea; meaning; wish
idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (主意 )
主
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Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : zhǔyì , zhúyì
(Zhuyin ) : ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ, ㄓㄨˊ ㄧˋ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : zu3 yi4
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : җўйи (žwyi, II-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping ) : zyu2 ji3
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : chú-yi
(Hailu , HRS ) : zhuˊ rhiˇ
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : chú-ì
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : zu2 i3
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 5 tsy-i
Noun
主意
idea ; plan
好 主意 ― hǎo zhǔyì ― good idea
這 主意 聽起來 不錯 。 [MSC , trad. ] 这 主意 听起来 不错 。 [MSC , simp. ] Zhè zhǔyì tīngqǐlai bùcuò. That sounds like a good idea .
personal judgement ; opinion ; decision
means ; method ; way
Synonyms
心念 ( xīnniàn ) 心思 ( xīnsī ) 志意 ( zhìyì ) ( literary ) 念 ( niàn ) ( literary, or in compounds ) 念頭 / 念头 ( niàntou ) 思想 ( sīxiǎng ) 意念 ( yìniàn ) 想法 想頭 / 想头 ( xiǎngtou ) ( colloquial ) 理念 ( lǐniàn ) 諗法 / 谂法 ( nam2 faat3 ) ( Cantonese ) 點子 / 点子 ( diǎnzi )
主心骨 ( zhǔxīngǔ ) ( figurative ) 主見 / 主见 ( zhǔjiàn ) 己見 / 己见 ( jǐjiàn )
作法 ( zuòfǎ ) 做法 ( zuòfǎ ) 卯竅 / 卯窍 ( mao3 qiao4 ) ( Sichuanese ) 套套 ( tau3 tau3-2 ) ( Jin, colloquial ) 對策 / 对策 ( duìcè ) 工具 ( gōngjù ) ( figurative ) 手段 ( shǒuduàn ) 措施 ( cuòshī ) 方式 ( fāngshì ) 方法 ( fāngfǎ ) 法子 ( colloquial ) 法度 ( Hokkien ) 渠道 ( qúdào ) 竅門 / 窍门 ( qiàomén ) 竅門兒 / 窍门儿 ( qiàoménr ) 管道 ( guǎndào ) ( figurative, especially of communication ) 行法 ( xíngfǎ ) ( literary ) 訣竅 / 诀窍 ( juéqiào ) 訣要 / 诀要 ( juéyào ) 路子 ( lùzi ) 路徑 / 路径 ( lùjìng ) 蹊徑 / 蹊径 ( xījìng ) ( literary, figurative ) 辦法 / 办法 ( bànfǎ ) 途徑 / 途径 ( tújìng ) 進路 / 进路 ( jìnlù ) 道理 ( dàolǐ ) 道術 / 道术 ( dàoshù ) ( literary ) 道道 ( dau3 dau3-2 ) ( Jin ) 門徑 / 门径 ( ménjìng ) 門路 / 门路 ( ménlù ) 門道 / 门道 ( méndao ) 門頭 / 门头 ( méntóu ) ( literary, figurative ) 頭路 / 头路 ( tóulù ) ( colloquial )
Derived terms
Descendants
Verb
主意
( Hakka , Hokkien ) to make a decision ; to decide
Synonyms
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
主( しゅ ) 意( い ) • (shui )
main idea , essential idea; core meaning
Synonyms
References
2002 , Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary , Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN .
Korean
Noun
主意 • (juui ) (hangeul 주의 )
hanja form? of 주의 ( “ main idea , essential idea; core meaning” )
Vietnamese
Noun
主意
chữ Hán form of chủ ý ( “ intention ; purpose ” ) .
Verb
主意
chữ Hán form of chủ ý ( “ to intend (to ); to mean (to ) ” ) .