故意
gù yì 4–4
deliberately; on purpose
- Characters
- 2
- 故 · 意
- Syllables
- 2
- gù yì
- Frequency
- Less common
- corpus count 2,426
Part of speech: d,b
Character by character
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Example sentences
我不是故意的。
Wǒ bù shì gù yì de
I didn't do it on purpose.
那不是我故意的。
Nà bù shì wǒ gù yì de
That wasn't my intention.
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Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 故意. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 注意zhù yìHSK 3
to take note of; to pay attention to
- 愿意yuàn yìHSK 2
to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth)
- 故事gù shìHSK 2
old practice
- 意义yì yìHSK 3
sense; meaning; significance; importance
- 同意tóng yìHSK 3
to agree; to consent; to approve
- 意思yì siHSK 2
idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
- 意见yì jiànHSK 2
idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint
- 意识yì shíHSK 5
consciousness; awareness; to be aware; to realize
- 事故shì gùHSK 3
accident
- 意味着yì wèi zheHSK 5
to signify; to mean; to imply
- 意外yì wàiHSK 3
unexpected; accident; mishap
- 满意mǎn yìHSK 2
satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction
- 生意shēng yìHSK 3
life force; vitality
- 不好意思bù hǎo yì siHSK 2
to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
- 有意思yǒu yì siHSK 2
interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun
- 创意chuàng yìHSK 6
creative; creativity
- 主意zhǔ yiHSK 3
plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi]
- 随意suí yìHSK 5
as one wishes; according to one's wishes; at will; voluntary; conscious
- 在意zài yìHSK 7
to care about; to mind
- 有意yǒu yìHSK 7
to intend; intentionally; interested in
- 故障gù zhàngHSK 6
malfunction; breakdown; defect; shortcoming; fault; failure; impediment; error; bug (in software)
- 意志yì zhìHSK 5
will; willpower; determination
- 意愿yì yuànHSK 6
aspiration; wish (for); desire
- 故gùHSK 7
happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead