致意

Chinese

		to send; to devote; to deliver to send; to devote; to deliver; to cause; to convey	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
trad. (致意)		致	意
simp. #(致意)		致	意

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ ji³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tì-ì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhyì
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: jr̀-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhyih
    • Palladius: чжии (čžii)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi³ ji³
    • Yale: ji yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³ yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ jiː³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 恣意 致意

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tì-ì
    • Tâi-lô: tì-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: die'ix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ti²¹⁻⁵³ i²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ i⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti²¹⁻⁵³ i²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti¹¹⁻⁵³ i¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²¹⁻⁴¹ i²¹/

Verb

致意

1. to give one's regards (or best wishes); to present one's compliments; to send one's greetings
2. (Hokkien) to be diligent; to pay attention; to take seriously
3. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to find each other congenial; to have an affinity with each other

References

• “致意”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.