主意

Chinese

		to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; (abbr.) Italy
simp. and trad. (主意)		主	意

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǔyì, zhúyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ, ㄓㄨˊ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² ji³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chú-yi
• Min Nan (POJ): chú-ì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: zhǔyì → zhǔyi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ → ㄓㄨˇ ˙ㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juu.yih
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴ i⁴/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 主意 主義／主义 屬意／属意

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhúyì → zhúyi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄧˋ → ㄓㄨˊ ˙ㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu.yih
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ i⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ i³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu² ji³
    • Yale: jyú yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy² ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju² yi³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyː³⁵ jiː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-yi
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu` i
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu<sup>3</sup> yi<sup>4</sup>
    • IPA: /t͡su³¹ i⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-yi
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu` (r)i
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ yi⁴
    • IPA: /t͡su³¹ (j)i⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-ì
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zwix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ i⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/

Noun

主意

1. 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. [Pinyin]

   That sounds like a good idea.

2. personal judgement; opinion
3. means; method; way
4. decision

Derived terms

Derived terms from 主意

• 不得主意
• 出主意 (chū zhǔyì)
• 好主意
• 打主意
• 打定主意
• 拿主意
• 歪主意

• 沒主意／没主意
• 沒了主意／没了主意
• 沒得主意／没得主意
• 沒有主意／没有主意
• 餿主意／馊主意 (sōuzhǔyì)
• 鬼主意 (guǐzhǔyì)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
主	意
しゅ Grade: 3	い Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

主意 (hiragana しゅい, rōmaji shui)

1. main idea, essential idea; core meaning

Synonyms

• 主 (しゅ)眼 (がん) (shugan)

References

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