Chinese symbol for “mean”
意指
yì zhǐ
to mean; to imply
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mean is 意指 (yì zhǐ), defined as: to mean; to imply.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “mean”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平均数 (平均數) | píng jūn shù | mean (statistics) |
| 缺德 | quē dé | mean; nasty; reprehensible; unprincipled |
| 意谓 (意謂) | yì wèi | to mean; meaning |
| 意味着 (意味著) | yì wèi zhe | to signify; to mean |
| 吝啬 (吝嗇) | lìn sè | stingy; mean; miserly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 意指.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 愿意 (願意) | yuàn yì | to wish; to want |
| 同意 | tóng yì | to agree; to consent |
| 指出 | zhǐ chū | to indicate; to point out |
| 指导 (指導) | zhǐ dǎo | to guide; to direct; to instruct; coach; trainer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mean”.
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.