HSK 4 · Verbs

意见 yìjiàn “idea” in Chinese

Traditional 意見

What 意见 means

  1. idea
  2. opinion
  3. suggestion
  4. objection
  5. complaint

Measure word 点 diǎn or 条 tiáo · 一点意见 yì diǎn yìjiàn

How to say 意见

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale意yì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale见jiàn4th tone, falling

意见 in a sentence

  1. 他总是很尊重妻子的意见。

    Tā zǒngshì hěn zūnzhòng qīzi de yìjiàn.

    He always respects his wife’s opinions.

    Sentence #1490480 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我无法同意你的意见。

    Wǒ wúfǎ tóngyì nǐ de yìjiàn.

    I can’t agree with your view.

    Sentence #375309 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你要是听我的意见就去看医生。

    Nǐ yàoshi tīng wǒ de yìjiàn jiù qù kàn yīshēng.

    If you want my advice, go and see a doctor.

    Sentence #1408332 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 意见 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 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.

The character 见 (jiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
见jiànto see
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 儿legs · ér

Memory aidSimplified from 見: a big eye 目 on top of a person 儿: to see.

How to write 意见

意 13 strokes · 见 4 strokes

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

Words related to 意见

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得意déyì · proud of oneself生意shēngyi · business

Words with 见

看见kànjiàn · to see再见zàijiàn · goodbye听见tīngjiàn · to hear见jiàn · to see见面jiànmiàn · meet/see somebody见到jiàndào · to see不见bújiàn · to be missing遇见yùjiàn · to meet (by chance)常见chángjiàn · common可见kějiàn · it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)

More words: Thinking & Talking

填空tiánkòng · to fill in the blanks (on a form or test)通知tōngzhī · to notify误会wùhuì · to misunderstand邀请yāoqǐng · to invite以为yǐwéi · to think (wrongly)原谅yuánliàng · to excuse阅读yuèdú · to read证明zhèngmíng · proof

FAQs

意见 (yìjiàn) means “idea” or “opinion”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it yìjiàn: yì with a 4th tone, then jiàn 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, 意见 is written 意見. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 点 (diǎn) or 条 (tiáo). For example, one idea is 一点意见 (yì diǎn yìjiàn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yijian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 意见 from the suggestions. Typing yijian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
意见 is an HSK 4 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.