HSK 6 · Ideas

含义 hányì “meaning” in Chinese

Traditional 含義

What 含义 means

  1. meaning
  2. implication
  3. meaning (implicit in a phrase)
  4. implied meaning
  5. hidden meaning
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • hint
  • connotation

How to say 含义

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale含hán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale义yì4th tone, falling

含义 in a sentence

  1. 这个词有两种含义。

    Zhè ge cí yǒu liǎng zhǒng hányì.

    This word has two meanings.

    Sentence #11243372 from Tatoeba

  2. 我抓不到句子的确切含义。

    Wǒ zhuā bu dào jùzi de quèqiè hányì.

    I can’t grasp the exact meaning of the sentence.

    Sentence #343799 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 含义 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 含 (hán) with each of its parts in a different colour
含hánto keep in the mouth
  • 今modern · jīnSound part
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 今 (jīn) hints at the sound. Compare it with hán.

The character 义 (yì) with each of its parts in a different colour
义yìjustice
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
  • 乂to govern · yìSound part

⺷ hints at the meaning (sheep); 乂 (yì) hints at the sound. Compare it with yì.

How to write 含义

含 7 strokes · 义 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 含义

Words with 含

包含bāohán · to contain含糊hánhu · vague

Words with 义

义务yìwù · duty意义yìyì · sense贬义biǎnyì · negative connotation正义zhèngyì · justice定义dìngyì · definition主义zhǔyì · -ism见义勇为jiànyìyǒngwéi · to act bravely for a just cause

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FAQs

含义 (hányì) means “meaning” or “implication”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it hányì: hán 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, 含义 is written 含義. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hanyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 含义 from the suggestions. Typing hanyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
含义 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.