Chinese symbol for “malice”
恶意
è yì
Traditional: 惡意
malice; evil intention
The closest CC-CEDICT match for malice is 恶意 (è yì), defined as: malice; evil intention.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “malice”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恶感 (惡感) | è gǎn | malice; ill will |
| 蓄意 | xù yì | deliberate; premeditated |
| 祸心 (禍心) | huò xīn | evil intent; malice |
| 歹意 | dǎi yì | evil intent; malice |
| 私愤 (私憤) | sī fèn | personal spite; malice |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 恶意.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邪恶 (邪惡) | xié è | sinister; vicious |
| 恶心 (噁心) | ě xīn | variant of 恶心 (ě xīn) |
| 恶化 (惡化) | è huà | to worsen |
| 恶劣 (惡劣) | è liè | vile; nasty |
| 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 “malice”.
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.