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愿意 (yuàn yì): meaning and stroke order

愿意 (yuàn yì) means to wish, to want, ready, willing (to do sth).

愿意

Simplified
愿意
Traditional
願意
Pinyin
yuàn yì

Stroke order of 愿意

愿

  • yuàn honest and prudent; variant of 願|愿[yuan4]
  • yuàn (bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing
  • 14 strokes
  • Traditional form: 願

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 愿意

  1. yuàn yì Traditional 願意
    • to wish
    • to want
    • ready
    • willing (to do sth)

Radicals of the characters

愿
Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 14 strokes · built from 原 and 心
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.

愿意 in our stories

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  • 可是第一位投资人听完,只问了一个问题:“你们怎么知道大家真的愿意借给陌生人?”

    kěshì dì-yī wèi tóuzīrén tīng wán zhǐ wèn le yí gè wèntí nǐmen zěnme zhīdao dàjiā zhēnde yuànyì jiè gěi mòshēngrén

    But the first investor heard them out and asked just one question: "How do you know people really want to lend to strangers?"

    From the story Fifty sheets of paper HSK 5

  • 第二天,她给总部写了一封长长的邮件:她愿意接受这个职位,但希望每个月有一个星期在西安远程工作。

    dì-èr tiān tā gěi zǒngbù xiě le yì fēng chángcháng de yóujiàn tā yuànyì jiēshòu zhè gè zhíwèi dàn xīwàng měi gè yuè yǒu yí gè xīngqī zài Xī'ān yuǎnchéng gōngzuò

    The next day she wrote head office a long email: she would accept the post, but asked to work remotely from Xi'an one week each month.

    From the story No perfect answer HSK 6

  • 陶然笑了笑。她心里清楚,好的谈判不是让对方输,而是找到一个双方都愿意签字的数字。

    Táo Rán xiào le xiào tā xīnli qīngchu hǎo de tánpàn bú shì ràng duìfāng shū érshì zhǎodào yí gè shuāngfāng dōu yuànyì qiānzì de shùzì

    Tao Ran smiled. She knew that a good negotiation isn't about making the other side lose, but about finding a number both sides are willing to sign.

    From the story A minute of silence HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 愿意

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).