Meaning of 大意
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
dàyì
- general idea
- main idea
dàyi
- careless
大意 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我承认我大意了。
I admit I was careless.
粗心大意的人很容易犯错。
A careless person is apt to make mistakes.
他责备了我的粗心大意。
He reproached me for carelessness.
他们粗心大意，还没意识到危险。
They were carelessly unaware of the danger.
粗心大意可能导致严重的事故。
Carelessness can lead to a serious accident.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
大 dà · big · 3 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
意 yì · thought · 13 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
Related words
Words that share a character with 大意.
| 大学 | dàxué | university; college |
| 大学生 | dàxuéshēng | university student; college student |
| 不大 | bù dà | not very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently |
| 大家 | dàjiā | everyone; influential family |
| 意思 | yìsi | idea; opinion |
| 愿意 | yuànyì | to wish; to want |
| 不好意思 | bù hǎoyìsi | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing |
| 大人 | dàren | adult; grownup |
| 长大 | zhǎngdà | to grow up |
| 有意思 | yǒu yìsi | interesting; meaningful |
| 意见 | yìjiàn | idea; opinion |
| 满意 | mǎnyì | satisfied; pleased |
Questions about 大意
What does 大意 mean?
大意 (dàyì) means "general idea; main idea" and is used as a noun and adjective.
How do you write 大意?
大意 is made of 2 characters: 大 (3 strokes), 意 (13 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 大意 an HSK word?
Yes. 大意 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.