本意
běnyì
original intention
Characters in this word
意 yì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我批评这份报告的本意是提高质量，并不是针对个人。 Wǒ pīpíng zhè fèn bàogào de běnyì shì tígāo zhìliàng, bìng bú shì zhēnduì gèrén. My original intention in criticising this report was to improve its quality, not to target anyone personally.
- 我的本意是想帮你，没想到反而添了麻烦。 Wǒ de běnyì shì xiǎng bāng nǐ, méi xiǎngdào fǎn'ér tiān le máfan. I meant to help you, but I didn't expect to cause trouble instead.
- 这句话的本意是提醒大家注意安全。 Zhè jù huà de běnyì shì tíxǐng dàjiā zhùyì ānquán. The original purpose of this remark was to remind everyone to be careful.
Related words
- 本 běn measure word for books; root
- 本子 běnzi notebook, exercise book
- 课本 kèběn textbook
- 笔记本 bǐjìběn notebook
- 本来 běnlái originally; at first
- 本领 běnlǐng skill; ability
- 本事 běnshi ability; skill
- 根本 gēnběn simply; basic
- 基本 jīběn basic
- 基本上 jīběnshang basically; mostly
- 本科 běnkē undergraduate studies
- 本人 běnrén oneself