HSK 6 · Emotions

在意 zàiyì “to care about” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 在意 means

  1. to care about
  2. to mind

How to say 在意

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale在zài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale意yì4th tone, falling

在意 in a sentence

  1. 别在意你父亲说的话。

    Bié zàiyì nǐ fùqīn shuō de huà.

    Don’t mind what your father says.

    Sentence #609890 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他考试失败了，但他不太在意。

    Tā kǎoshì shībài le, dàn tā bú tài zàiyì.

    He failed the exam, but he didn’t care much.

    Sentence #5911659 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我不那么在意。

    Wǒ bú nàme zàiyì.

    I don’t care that much.

    Sentence #5574747 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 在意 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 在 (zài) with each of its parts in a different colour
在zàito exist; to be alive
  • 才ability · cáiSound part
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 才 (cái) hints at the sound. Compare it with zài.

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 在意

在 6 strokes · 意 13 strokes

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

Words related to 在意

Words with 在

在zài · to be at现在xiànzài · now正在zhèngzài · in the process of实在shízài · really存在cúnzài · to exist在乎zàihu · to care about在于zàiyú · to lie in内在nèizài · inner

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: Emotions & Attitudes

诱惑yòuhuò · to tempt忧郁yōuyù · melancholy冤枉yuānwang · to wrong (someone)欲望yùwàng · desire着迷zháomí · to be fascinated振奋zhènfèn · to inspire争气zhēngqì · to try hard not to disappoint震撼zhènhàn · to shock

FAQs

在意 (zàiyì) means “to care about” or “to mind”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zàiyì: zài with a 4th 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.
Yes. 在意 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zaiyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 在意 from the suggestions. Typing zaiyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
在意 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.