| 三心二意 | sān xīn èr yì | in two minds about sth (idiom); half-hearted; shilly-shallying |
| 不中意 | bù zhòng yì | not to one's liking |
| 不介意 | bù jiè yì | not to take offense; do not mind |
| 不怀好意 | bù huái hǎo yì | harbor evil designs; harbor malicious intentions |
| 不注意 | bù zhù yì | thoughtless; not pay attention to |
| 不满意 | bù mǎn yì | dissatisfied |
| 不经意 | bù jīng yì | carelessly; by accident |
| 不经意间 | bù jīng yì jiān | inadvertently |
| 不过意 | bù guò yì | be sorry; feel apologetic |
| 不随意 | bù suí yì | unconscious; involuntary |
| 不随意肌 | bù suí yì jī | involuntary muscle |
中日韩统一表意文
字 | Zhōng Rì Hán tǒng yī biǎo yì wén zì | China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs; Unihan |
| 交通意外 | jiāo tōng yì wài | traffic accident; car crash |
| 令人满意 | lìng rén mǎn yì | satisfactory |
| 任意球 | rèn yì qiú | free kick |
| 使满意 | shǐ mǎn yì | to make content |
| 依撒意亚 | Yī sā yì yà | Isaiah |
| 信意 | xìn yì | at will; arbitrarily; just as one feels like |
| 值得注意 | zhí de zhù yì | notable; noteworthy; merit attention |
| 值得注意的是 | zhí de zhù yì de shì | it's worth noting that... |
| 做生意 | zuò shēng yì | to do business |
| 元语言学意识 | yuán yǔ yán xué yì shí | metalinguistic awareness |
| 内涵意义 | nèi hán yì yì | implied meaning; intended meaning; the logical content of a word or technical notion |
| 公众意见 | gōng zhòng yì jiàn | public opinion |
| 出乎意外 | chū hū yì wài | beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected |
| 出人意外 | chū rén yì wài | turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected |
| 出人意料 | chū rén yì liào | exceeds expectations (idiom); much better than anticipated; unexpected |
| 出人意表 | chū rén yì biǎo | to exceed all expectations; to come as a surprise |
| 出其不意攻其不备 | chū qí bù yì gōng qí bù bèi | catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's Art of War 孙子兵法) |
| 出现意外 | chū xiàn yì wài | (to appear) unexpected(ly) |
| 分散注意 | fēn sàn zhù yì | to distract |
| 刻意求工 | kè yì qiú gōng | assiduous and painstaking |
| 创意 | chuàng yì | creative; creativity |
| 加意 | jiā yì | paying special care; with particular attention |
千里送鹅毛，
礼轻人意重 | qiān lǐ sòng é máo ,
lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng | goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it. |
千里送鹅毛，
礼轻情意重 | qiān lǐ sòng é máo ,
lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng | goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it. |
| 句法意识 | jù fǎ yì shí | syntactic awareness |
只可意会，
不可言传 | zhǐ kě yì huì ,
bù kě yán chuán | can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); mysterious and subtle |
可以意会，
不可言传 | kě yǐ yì huì ,
bù kě yán chuán | can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); mysterious and subtle |
| 含意 | hán yì | meaning |
| 唯意志论 | wéi yì zhì lùn | voluntarism; metaphysical view, esp. due to Schopenhauer 叔本华, that the essence of the world is willpower |
| 善意的谎言 | shàn yì de huǎng yán | white lie |
| 善解人意 | shàn jiě rén yì | understanding people's views (idiom); fair and considerate |
| 单意 | dān yì | unambiguous; having only one meaning |
| 回心转意 | huí xīn zhuǎn yì | to change one’s mind (idiom) |
| 在密切注意 | zài mì qiè zhù yì | to pay close attention (to sth) |
| 执意 | zhí yì | be determined to; insist on |
| 失去意识 | shī qù yì shí | unconscious |
| 失意 | shī yì | disappointed; frustrated |
| 好主意 | hǎo zhǔ yi | good idea |
