HSK 6 · Adjectives

随意 suíyì “as one likes” in Chinese

Traditional 隨意

What 随意 means

  1. as one likes
  2. casual
  3. at will
  4. as one wishes
  5. according to one’s wishes
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • voluntary

How to say 随意

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale随suí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale意yì4th tone, falling

随意 in a sentence

  1. 不要随意在路边停车。

    Búyào suíyì zài lùbiān tíngchē.

    Don’t just park by the roadside wherever you like.

    Sentence #3660224 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. “可以用一下这部电话吗？”“请随意。”

    “Kěyǐ yòng yíxià zhè bù diànhuà ma?” “Qǐng suíyì.”

    “May I use this phone?” “Go ahead.”

    Sentence #2003357 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他随意地把东西丢在抽屉里。

    Tā suíyì de bǎ dōngxi diū zài chōuti lǐ.

    He tossed his things carelessly into the drawer.

    Sentence #9094718 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 随意 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 随 (suí) with each of its parts in a different colour
随suíto follow
  • 阝place
  • 迶to walk · yòu
The character 意 (yì) with each of its parts in a different colour
意yìidea; thought; meaning; sense
  • 音sound · yīnSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 音 (yīn) hints at the sound. Compare it with yì.

Memory aidA sound 音 from the heart 心: a thought, a meaning.

How to write 随意

随 11 strokes · 意 13 strokes

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随意 (suíyì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 随意 (suíyì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 随意

Words with 随

随便suíbiàn · as one wishes随着suízhe · along with随身suíshēn · to carry with you随时suíshí · at any time随手suíshǒu · as you go随即suíjí · immediately伴随bànsuí · to accompany跟随gēnsuí · to follow

Words with 意

意思yìsi · meaning没意思méiyìsi · boring有意思yǒuyìsi · interesting不好意思bùhǎoyìsi · to feel embarrassed同意tóngyì · agree愿意yuànyì · be willing注意zhùyì · pay attention to满意mǎnyì · satisfied意见yìjiàn · idea得意déyì · proud of oneself

More words: Adjectives

书面shūmiàn · written斯文sīwen · refined肆无忌惮sìwújìdàn · unrestrained私自sīzì · privately坦白tǎnbái · frank贪婪tānlán · greedy踏实tāshi · down-to-earth特定tèdìng · specific

FAQs

随意 (suíyì) means “as one likes” or “casual”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it suíyì: suí with a 2nd tone, then yì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 随意 is written 隨意. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type suiyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 随意 from the suggestions. Typing suiyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
随意 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.