Chinese symbol for “deliberately”
故意
gù yì
deliberately; on purpose
The closest CC-CEDICT match for deliberately is 故意 (gù yì), defined as: deliberately; on purpose.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “deliberately”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 存心 | cún xīn | deliberately |
| 刻意 | kè yì | intentionally; deliberately; purposely; painstakingly; meticulously |
| 专意 (專意) | zhuān yì | deliberately; on purpose |
| 成心 | chéng xīn | intentionally; deliberately; on purpose |
| 有心 | yǒu xīn | to have a mind to; to intend to |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 故意.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 故事 | gù shì | old practice |
| 事故 | shì gù | accident; 桩 (zhuāng),起 (qǐ),次 (cì) |
| 故障 | gù zhàng | malfunction; breakdown |
| 故乡 (故鄉) | gù xiāng | home; homeland |
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 意见 (意見) | yì jiàn | idea; opinion |
| 意思 | yì si | idea; opinion |
| 意义 (意義) | yì yì | sense; meaning |
See also: Japanese symbol for “deliberately”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.