主意

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhǔyì, zhúyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ, ㄓㄨˊ ㄧˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zu³ yi⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җўйи (žwyi, II-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² ji³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chú-yi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chú-ì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zu² i³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsy-i

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔyì → zhǔyi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ → ㄓㄨˇ ˙ㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔyi̊
    • Wade–Giles: chu³-i⁵
    • Yale: jǔ-yi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juu.yih
    • Palladius: чжуи (čžui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ 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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhúyì → zhúyi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄧˋ → ㄓㄨˊ ˙ㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhúyi̊
    • Wade–Giles: chu²-i⁵
    • Yale: jú-yi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu.yih
    • Palladius: чжуи (čžui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ i⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ i³/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zu³ yi⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zuj
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su⁵³ i²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җўйи (žwyi, II-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ i⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu² ji³
    • Yale: jyú yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy² ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju² yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³⁵ 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>
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ i⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-yi
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu` (r)i
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ (j)i⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zu² i³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsú ì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su⁵²⁻³⁵ i²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsy-i
    • MiniDict: tsy^去 i
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsr-i
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³³ i⁴⁴/

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; decision
3. means; method; way

Synonyms

• (idea):

• 心念 (xīnniàn)
• 心思 (xīnsī)
• 志意 (zhìyì) (literary)
• 念 (niàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 念頭／念头 (niàntou)
• 思想 (sīxiǎng)
• 意念 (yìniàn)
• 想法
• 想頭／想头 (xiǎngtou) (colloquial)
• 理念 (lǐniàn)
• 諗法／谂法 (nam² faat³) (Cantonese)
• 點子／点子 (diǎnzi)

 

• (personal judgement):

• 主心骨 (zhǔxīngǔ) (figurative)
• 主見／主见 (zhǔjiàn)
• 己見／己见 (jǐjiàn)

 

• (means):

• 作法 (zuòfǎ)
• 做法 (zuòfǎ)
• 卯竅／卯窍 (mao³ qiao⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 套套 (tau³ tau^3-2) (Jin, colloquial)
• 對策／对策 (duìcè)
• 工具 (gōngjù) (figurative)
• 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• 措施 (cuòshī)
• 方式 (fāngshì)
• 方法 (fāngfǎ)
• 法子 (colloquial)
• 法度 (Hokkien)
• 渠道 (qúdào)
• 竅門／窍门 (qiàomén)
• 竅門兒／窍门儿 (qiàoménr)
• 管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication)
• 行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary)
• 訣竅／诀窍 (juéqiào)
• 訣要／诀要 (juéyào)
• 路子 (lùzi)
• 路徑／路径 (lùjìng)
• 蹊徑／蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative)
• 辦法／办法 (bànfǎ)
• 途徑／途径 (tújìng)
• 進路／进路 (jìnlù)
• 道理 (dàolǐ)
• 道術／道术 (dàoshù) (literary)
• 道道 (dau³ dau^3-2) (Jin)
• 門徑／门径 (ménjìng)
• 門路／门路 (ménlù)
• 門道／门道 (méndao)
• 門頭／门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)
• 頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

 

Derived terms

• 不得主意
• 出主意
• 好主意
• 打主意
• 打定主意
• 拿主意 (ná zhǔyi)
• 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
• 鬼主意

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (主意):

• → Japanese: 主(しゅ)意(い) (shui)
• → Korean: 주의(主意) (juui)
• → Vietnamese: chủ ý (主意)

Verb

主意

1. (Hakka, Hokkien) to make a decision; to decide

Synonyms

• 做主 (zuòzhǔ)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝi]

Noun

主(しゅ)意(い) • (shui) 

1. main idea, essential idea; core meaning

Synonyms

• 主眼(しゅがん) (shugan)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
主	意

Noun

主意 • (juui) (hangeul 주의)

1. Hanja form^? of 주의 (“main idea, essential idea; core meaning”).