用 yòng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 用 — to use, to employ, to apply
- Made of
- ⺆ frame 𰀁 hook
用意
yòngyì
intention; purpose
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
- 他故意把报告写得含糊，其真实用意是推迟董事会表决。 Tā gùyì bǎ bàogào xiě de hánhu, qí zhēnshí yòngyì shì tuīchí dǒngshìhuì biǎojué. He deliberately wrote the report vaguely; his real intention was to postpone the board vote.
- 他突然送花给她，大家都猜不透他的用意。 Tā tūrán sòng huā gěi tā, dàjiā dōu cāibútòu tā de yòngyì. He suddenly gave her flowers, and nobody could figure out his intention.
- 老师这么做的用意，是让我们学会独立思考。 Lǎoshī zhème zuò de yòngyì, shì ràng wǒmen xuéhuì dúlì sīkǎo. The teacher's purpose in doing this was to make us learn to think independently.
Related words
- 不用 búyòng no need to
- 用 yòng to use; with
- 有用 yǒuyòng useful
- 常用 chángyòng commonly used
- 使用 shǐyòng to use
- 信用卡 xìnyòngkǎ credit card
- 作用 zuòyòng role; effect
- 采用 cǎiyòng to use; to adopt
- 费用 fèiyòng expenses; cost
- 利用 lìyòng to use; to take advantage of
- 没用 méiyòng useless
- 适用 shìyòng to apply; to be suitable