恣意

Chinese

		throw off restraint	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
trad. (恣意)		恣	意
simp. #(恣意)		恣	意

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ ji³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chìr-ì / chù-ì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhyì
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhyih
    • Palladius: цзыи (czyi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɹ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 字義 / 字义 字譯 / 字译 恣意 自縊 / 自缢

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi³ ji³
    • Yale: ji yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³ yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ jiː³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 恣意 致意

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìr-ì
    • Tâi-lô: tsìr-ì
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ i⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chù-ì
    • Tâi-lô: tsù-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuo'ix
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su²¹⁻⁵³ i²¹/

Adverb

恣意

1. to one's heart's content; wantonly

Synonyms

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• 亂 / 乱 (luàn)
• 任情 (rènqíng)
• 任意 (rènyì)
• 狂 (kuáng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 肆意 (sìyì)
• 胡亂 / 胡乱 (húluàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
恣	意
し Grade: S	い Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕii]
• (Tokyo) しい [shíꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

恣(し)意(い) • (shii) 

1. arbitrariness

Derived terms

• 恣(し)意(い)的(てき) (shiiteki)
• 恣(し)意(い)性(せい) (shiisei)

References

• “恣意”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026