他意

Chinese

		he; him; other	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
trad. (他意)		他	意
simp. #(他意)		他	意

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚ ㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tayì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa¹-i⁴
    • Yale: tā-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayih
    • Palladius: таи (tai)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵⁵ i⁵¹/

Noun

他意

1. other intention; other motive

   別無他意／别无他意  ―  biéwútāyì  ―  There is no other purpose.

2. ulterior motive

Japanese

Kanji in this term
他	意
た Grade: 3	い Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

他(た)意(い) • (tai) 

1. other intention
2. ulterior motive

Idioms

• 他意(たい)はない (tai wa nai): There is no other purpose. (I'm telling you honestly.)

References

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