用意

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Chinese

		to use	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (用意)		用	意

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yòngyì

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁶ ji³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iōng-ì / ēng-ì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yòngyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yòngyì
  - Wade–Giles: yung⁴-i⁴
  - Yale: yùng-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqyih
  - Palladius: юнъи (junʺi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jung⁶ ji³
  - Yale: yuhng yi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁶ ji³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yung⁶ yi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²² jiː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng-ì
  - Tâi-lô: iōng-ì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioxng'ix
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ i¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² i⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ i²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ³³⁻²¹ i²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ēng-ì
  - Tâi-lô: īng-ì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: exng'ix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ²²⁻²¹ i²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² i⁴¹/

Noun

用意

intention; purpose
一個另有用意的問題 [MSC, trad.]
一个另有用意的问题 [MSC, simp.]
yīge lìngyǒu yòngyì de wèntí
a loaded question

Synonyms

企圖／企图 (qǐtú)
心思 (xīnsī)
心意 (xīnyì)
心田 (xīntián)
意向 (yìxiàng)
意圖／意图 (yìtú)
意旨 (yìzhǐ)
懷抱／怀抱 (huáibào) (literary)
打算 (dǎsuàn)
旨意 (zhǐyì)
用心 (yòngxīn)
𥓍 (Hokkien)
粒積／粒积 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
腸肚／肠肚 (chángdù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
用	意
よう Grade: 2	い Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よーい (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

用(よう)意(い) • (yōi)

preparation
用意(ようい)はできている。
Yōi wa dekite iru.
We are ready.

用意(ようい)、ドン！
Yōi, don!
Take your marks, go! (swimming)

位置(いち)について、用意(ようい)、ドン！
Ichi ni tsuite, yōi, don!
On your marks, get set, go! / Ready, steady, go!

Verb

用(よう)意(い)する • (yōi suru) suru (stem 用(よう)意(い)し (yōi shi), past 用(よう)意(い)した (yōi shita))

prepare

Conjugation

Conjugation of "用意する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	用意し	よういし	yōi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	用意し	よういし	yōi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	用意する	よういする	yōi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	用意する	よういする	yōi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	用意すれ	よういすれ	yōi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	用意せよ¹ 用意しろ²	よういせよ¹ よういしろ²	yōi seyo¹ yōi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	用意される	よういされる	yōi sareru
Causative	用意させる用意さす	よういさせるよういさす	yōi saseru yōi sasu
Potential	用意できる	よういできる	yōi dekiru
Volitional	用意しよう	よういしよう	yōi shiyō
Negative	用意しない	よういしない	yōi shinai
Negative continuative	用意せず	よういせず	yōi sezu
Formal	用意します	よういします	yōi shimasu
Perfective	用意した	よういした	yōi shita
Conjunctive	用意して	よういして	yōi shite
Hypothetical conditional	用意すれば	よういすれば	yōi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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