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故意 (gù yì): meaning and stroke order

故意 (gù yì) means deliberately; on purpose.

故意

Simplified
故意
Traditional
故意 (same form)
Pinyin
gù yì

Stroke order of 故意

故

  • gù happening; instance
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

意

  • Yì Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
  • yì idea; meaning
  • 13 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 故意

  1. gù yì
    • deliberately; on purpose

Radicals of the characters

故
Radical 攴 (Kangxi radical 66) · 9 strokes · 古 on the left, 攵 on the right
意
Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 13 strokes · 音 on top, 心 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

故意 in our stories

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  • 他变成一个白衣书生，找到袁守诚，故意问：“你说明天什么时候下雨，下多少？”

    tā biànchéng yí gè báiyī shūshēng zhǎodào Yuán Shǒuchéng gùyì wèn nǐ shuō míngtiān shénme shíhou xiàyǔ xià duōshao

    He turned himself into a scholar in white, found Yuan Shoucheng and asked on purpose, "Tell me: when will it rain tomorrow, and how much?"

    From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 秦将白起故意假装失败，一路后退，赵括以为自己赢了，带着大军追了上去。

    Qín jiàng Bái Qǐ gùyì jiǎzhuāng shībài yílù hòutuì Zhào Kuò yǐwéi zìjǐ yíng le dài zhe dàjūn zhuī le shàngqu

    The Qin general Bai Qi deliberately feigned defeat and fell back all the way; Zhao Kuo thought he had won and pursued with his whole army.

    From the story Fighting battles on paper HSK 7–9 · Level 8

  • 原来，惠子问的“怎么”，在古汉语里也可以理解为“从哪儿”。庄子故意换了一种理解，把一场逻辑辩论变成了一句诗意的回答。

    yuánlái Huìzǐ wèn de zěnme zài gǔ Hànyǔ lǐ yě kěyǐ lǐjiě wéi cóng nǎr Zhuāngzǐ gùyì huàn le yì zhǒng lǐjiě bǎ yì chǎng luójí biànlùn biànchéng le yí jù shīyì de huídá

    The "how" in Huizi's question can also be understood in classical Chinese as "from where". Zhuangzi deliberately switched meanings, turning a logical debate into a poetic answer.

    From the story The happiness of fish HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 故意

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).