起意

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
trad. (起意)		起	意
simp. #(起意)		起	意

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² ji³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-ì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐyì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-i⁴
    • Yale: chǐ-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiyih
    • Palladius: ции (cii)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² ji³
    • Yale: héi yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ jiː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-ì
    • Tâi-lô: khí-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qyix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ i⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/

Verb

起意

1. to hit upon an idea (usually an evil idea)

   • 小人昨夜在土娼張家住宿，因多帶了幾百銀子，被這許大、吳二兩人看見，起意謀財，兩人商議要害小人性命。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     小人昨夜在土娼张家住宿，因多带了几百银子，被这许大、吴二两人看见，起意谋财，两人商议要害小人性命。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1907 CE, Liu E, The Travels of Lao Can

     Xiǎorén zuóyè zài tǔchāng Zhāng jiā zhùsù, yīn duō dài le jǐ bǎi yínzi, bèi zhè Xǔ Dà, Wú Èr liǎng rén kànjiàn, qǐyì móucái, liǎng rén shāngyì yào hài xiǎorén xìngmìng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• 見財起意 / 见财起意