初意

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (初意)		初	意

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuyì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-i⁴
    • Yale: chū-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuyih
    • Palladius: чуи (čui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ i⁵¹/

Noun

初意

1. (literary) original intention; initial desire

Synonyms

• 初心 (chūxīn)
• 初衷 (chūzhōng)
• 初願／初愿 (chūyuàn)
• 宿心 (sùxīn) (literary)
• 本心 (běnxīn)
• 本志 (běnzhì) (literary)
• 本意 (běnyì)
• 本願／本愿 (běnyuàn)
• 素心 (sùxīn) (literary)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (初意):

• → Japanese: 初(しょ)意(い) (shoi)
• → Korean: 초의(初意) (choui)