如意

Chinese

		as (if); such as	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
trad. (如意)		如	意
simp. #(如意)		如	意
Literally: “according to [one's] wishes”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ ji³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yì-yi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): jû-ì / lû-ì / jî-ì / lîr-ì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ru⁵ i³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúyì
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-i⁴
    • Yale: rú-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruyih
    • Palladius: жуи (žui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ ji³
    • Yale: yùh yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ jiː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-yi
    • Hakka Romanization System: i^ˇ i
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi² yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i¹¹ i⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-yi
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)i^ˇ (r)i
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi² yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹ (j)i⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû-ì
    • Tâi-lô: jû-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ju'ix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³⁻³³ i²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû-ì
    • Tâi-lô: lû-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lu'ix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lu²⁴⁻²² i⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lu²⁴⁻²² i²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lu²⁴⁻¹¹ i¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-ì
    • Tâi-lô: jî-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ji'ix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi²³⁻³³ i²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi¹³⁻²² i²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîr-ì
    • Tâi-lô: lîr-ì
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ²⁴⁻²² i⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ru⁵ i³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jû ì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ i²¹³/

Verb

如意

1. to be as one wishes; to be satisfactory

Synonyms

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• 中意 (zhòngyì)
• 合心 (héxīn)
• 合意 (héyì)
• 心甘 (xīngān)
• 滿／满 (mǎn)
• 滿意／满意 (mǎnyì)
• 滿足／满足 (mǎnzú)
• 甘心 (gānxīn) (usually in the negative)
• 稱心／称心 (chènxīn)
• 稱願／称愿 (chènyuàn)
• 順心／顺心 (shùnxīn) (literary)
• 飽足／饱足 (bǎozú) (literary)
• 饜足／餍足 (yànzú) (literary)

 

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 如意

1. ceremonial sceptre (auspicious decorative object associated with Chinese Buddhist ritual made from bone or jade, with a cloud or lingzhi-shaped head and slightly curved handle)

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