无意 meaning in English

wúyì

inadvertent; accidental

HSK 7-9verbadverbTraditional 無意17 strokes

Meaning of 无意

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wúyì
  1. inadvertent
  2. accidental
  3. to have no intention of (doing sth)

无意 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ无wú意yì间jiān找zhǎo到dào从cóng前qián弄nòng丢diū的de相xiàng机jī。
I happened to find the camera I'd lost.
对duì不bù起qǐ,我wǒ无wú意yì打dǎ扰rǎo。
Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt.
莎shā米mǐ无wú意yì失shī礼lǐ。
Sami didn't mean to be rude.
她tā的de话huà毫háo无wú意yì义yì。
Her words were wholly void of meaning.
我wǒ无wú意yì打dǎ扰rǎo。
I didn't mean to intrude.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

无 wú · not to have · 4 strokes

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意 yì · thought · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 无意.

意思yìsiidea; opinion
愿意yuànyìto wish; to want
不好意思bù hǎoyìsito feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing
有意思yǒu yìsiinteresting; meaningful
意见yìjiànidea; opinion
满意mǎnyìsatisfied; pleased
故意gùyìdeliberately; on purpose
注意zhùyìto take note of; to pay attention to
同意tóngyìto agree; to consent
主意zhǔyiplan; idea
生意shēngyilife force; vitality
意外yìwàiunexpected; accident

Questions about 无意

What does 无意 mean?

无意 (wúyì) means "inadvertent; accidental" and is used as a verb and adverb.

How do you write 无意?

无意 is made of 2 characters: 无 (4 strokes), 意 (13 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 无意 an HSK word?

Yes. 无意 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 无意 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 无意 is written 無意.