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Definition 2024

有意思

有意思

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	meaning
simp. and trad. (有意思)		有	意思

Adjective

有意思

interesting

Synonyms

有趣 (yǒuqù)

See also

趣事 (qùshì)
趣味 (qùwèi)
興趣／兴趣 (xìngqù)
有趣 (yǒuqù)
有意義／有意义 (yǒuyìyì)

Etymology

From 有 (yǒu, “to have”) + 意思 (yìsi, “meaning”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yǒuyìsi

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄧˋ ㄙ˙
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ ji³ si¹
Min Nan (POJ): ǔ-ì-sìr / ū-ì-sù

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǒuyìsi
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄧˋ ㄙ˙
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeouyih.sy
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i⁵¹ sz̩¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁵ ji³ si¹
  - Yale: yáuh yi sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ ji³ si¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ jiː³³ siː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǔ-ì-sìr
  - Tâi-lô: ǔ-ì-sìr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /u²² i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-ì-sù
  - Tâi-lô: ū-ì-sù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uxiesux
  - IPA (Taipei): /u³³⁻¹¹ i¹¹⁻⁵³ su¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /u³³⁻²¹ i²¹⁻⁴¹ su²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /u²²⁻²¹ i²¹⁻⁵³ su²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /u²²⁻²¹ i²¹⁻⁵³ su²¹/