意義 [－义]

Jyutping ji3 ji6
Pinyin yì yi

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    significance; importance; value
    • 意義重大
      意义重大
      yì yì zhòng dà
      crucial
    • 重要意義
      重要意义
      zhòng yào yì yì
      significance
    • 生命的意義
      生命的意义
      shēng mìng de yì yì
      the meaning of life
    • 很有意義
      很有意义
      hěn yǒu yì yì
      very meaningful
  2. noun
    meaning; sense
    (syn.) 意思
    • 比喻意義
      比喻意义
      bǐ yù yì yì
      figurative meaning

意義 [－义]

Jyutping ji3 ji6
Pinyin yì yì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. sense
  2. meaning
  3. significance
  4. importance
  5. CL:個|个[ge4]
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    語言​或者​符號​所表​達​嘅​內​容​、​含意​、​道理​（​量​詞​：​個​／​種​）
    sense; meaning
    • 呢個故事嘅意義係教大家做人唔好貪心。
      呢个故事嘅意义系教大家做人唔好贪心。
      ni1 go3 gu3 si6 ge3 ji3 ji6 hai6 gaau3 daai6 gaa1 zou6 jan4 m4 hou2 taam1 sam1.
      The meaning of this story is to tell us not to be greedy.
  2. 名詞
    價值​；​重要性​（​量​詞​：​個​／​種​）
    significance
    • 人生意義
      人生意义
      jan4 sang1 ji3 ji6
      meaning of life
    • 以前嘅教育電視節目好有教育意義。
      以前嘅教育电视节目好有教育意义。
      ji5 cin4 ge3 gaau3 juk6 din6 si6 zit3 muk6 hou2 jau5 gaau3 juk6 ji3 ji6.
      The educational TV programmes in the past have educational significance.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    significance; importance; value
    • 意義重大
      意义重大
      yì yì zhòng dà
      crucial
    • 重要意義
      重要意义
      zhòng yào yì yì
      significance
    • 生命的意義
      生命的意义
      shēng mìng de yì yì
      the meaning of life
    • 很有意義
      很有意义
      hěn yǒu yì yì
      very meaningful
  2. noun
    meaning; sense
    (syn.) 意思
    • 比喻意義
      比喻意义
      bǐ yù yì yì
      figurative meaning
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 三级词汇表 #841
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    如果你没有其它可说的，那对我说“嗨，你怎么样？”就毫无意义。
    如果你沒有其它可説的，那對我説“嗨，你怎麼樣？”就毫無意義。
    rú guǒ nǐ méi yǒu qí tā kě shuō de ， nà duì wǒ shuō “ hāi ， nǐ zěn me yàng ？” jiù háo wú yì yì 。
    • There's no point saying "Hi, how are you?" to me if you have nothing else to say.
  2. Mandarin
    没有爱情的生活毫无意义。
    沒有愛情的生活毫無意義。
    méi yǒu ài qíng de shēng huó háo wú yì yì 。
    • Life without love is just totally pointless.
    • Life without love has no meaning at all.
  3. Mandarin
    他说的话根本毫无意义。
    他説的話根本毫無意義。
    tā shuō de huà gēn běn háo wú yì yì 。
    • What he says makes no sense at all.
    • The things he says are not the least bit important.
    • The things he says are entirely inconsequential.
    • What he says is total nonsense.
  4. Mandarin
    这没有任何意义。
    這沒有任何意義。
    zhè méi yǒu rèn hé yì yì 。
    • That makes no sense at all.
    • That doesn't make sense.
    • It makes no sense at all.
    • This doesn't make any sense.
  5. Mandarin
    有人说电视上的卡通本身是有教育意义的。
    有人說電視上的卡通本身是有教育意義的。
    yǒu rén shuō diàn shì shàng de kǎ tōng běn shēn shì yǒu jiào yù yì yì de 。
    • Some people say that cartoons on television are educational in themselves.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    你仲喺度谂紧生命嘅意义呀？
    你仲喺度諗緊生命嘅意義呀？
    nei5 zung6 hai2 dou6 nam2 gan2 sang1 ming6 ge3 ji3 ji6 aa3 ？
    • You are still asking yourself what the meaning of life is?
  2. Cantonese
    我系边个？我喺边到嚟？人死咗之后会唔会重生？喺地球上生存有咩意义？
    我係邊個？我喺邊到嚟？人死咗之後會唔會重生？喺地球上生存有咩意義？
    ngo5 hai6 bin1 go3 ？ ngo5 hai2 bin1 dou3 lai4 ？ jan4 sei2 zo2 zi1 hau6 wui2 m4 wui2 cung4 sang1 ？ hai2 dei6 kau4 soeng5 sang1 cyun4 jau5 me1 ji3 ji6 ？
    • Who am I? Where do I come from? Is there life after death? What is the meaning of life on earth?
  3. Cantonese
    存在系一个冇意义嘅概念。
    存在係一個冇意義嘅概念。
    cyun4 zoi6 hai6 jat1 go3 mou5 ji3 ji6 ge3 koi3 nim6 。
    • Existence is a meaningless concept.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    意义
    意義
    ji3 ji6
    • sense; meaning
    • significance of something
  2. Cantonese
    呢个故事嘅意义系教大家做人唔好贪心。
    呢個故事嘅意義係教大家做人唔好貪心。
    ni1 go3 gu3 si6 ge3 ji3 ji6 hai6 gaau3 daai6 gaa1 zou6 jan4 m4 hou2 taam1 sam1.
    • The meaning of this story is to tell us not to be greedy.
  3. Cantonese
    人生意义
    人生意義
    jan4 sang1 ji3 ji6
    • meaning of life
  4. Cantonese
    以前嘅教育电视节目好有教育意义。
    以前嘅教育電視節目好有教育意義。
    ji5 cin4 ge3 gaau3 juk6 din6 si6 zit3 muk6 hou2 jau5 gaau3 juk6 ji3 ji6.
    • The educational TV programmes in the past have educational significance.
  5. Cantonese
    我喺度谂，人生嘅意义系乜呢？
    我喺度諗，人生嘅意義係乜呢？
    ngo5 hai2 dou6 nam2, jan4 sang1 ge3 ji3 ji6 hai6 mat1 ne1?
    • I was pondering, what's the meaning of life?
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    意义重大
    意義重大
    yì yì zhòng dà
    • crucial
  2. Mandarin
    重要意义
    重要意義
    zhòng yào yì yì
    • significance
  3. Mandarin
    生命的意义
    生命的意義
    shēng mìng de yì yì
    • the meaning of life
  4. Mandarin
    很有意义
    很有意義
    hěn yǒu yì yì
    • very meaningful
  5. Mandarin
    比喻意义
    比喻意義
    bǐ yù yì yì
    • figurative meaning