# 中意
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhòngyì
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄧˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zung$^1$ ji$^3$ / zung$^3$ ji$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): zuung$^1$ yi$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chung-yi
    (Hailu, HRS): zhung$^ˇ$ rhi$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zung$^4$ yi$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tèng-ì
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tson-i
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngyì
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngyì
*** Wade–Giles: chung$^4$-i$^4$
*** Yale: jùng-yì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqyih
*** Palladius: чжунъи (čžunʺi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$中意 眾議／众议
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zung$^1$ ji$^3$ / zung$^3$ ji$^3$
*** Yale: jūng yi / jung yi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzung$^1$ ji$^3$ / dzung$^3$ ji$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zung$^1$ yi$^3$ / zung$^3$ yi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː³³/, /t͡sʊŋ³³ jiː³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: zuung$^1$ yi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵŋ³³ ji³³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chung-yi
*** Hakka Romanization System: zung i
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zung$^4$ yi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chung-yi
*** Hakka Romanization System: zung (r)i
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zung$^4$ yi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ⁵⁵ (j)i⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zhung$^ˇ$ rhi$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃuŋ¹¹ ʒi¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zung$^4$ yi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʊŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ i⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tèng-ì
*** Tâi-lô: tìng-ì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: deang'ix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ i²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ i⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ i²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ i¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ i²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tson-i
*** MiniDict: tson$^平$ i
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tson-i
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ i²¹/

#### Verb

中意
* to be to one's liking; to take or catch the fancy of; to suit one's desire; to be agreeable to one's wish or taste
    From: c. 13th century, 張淏, 雲谷雜記
    Xuě'ér, Lǐ Mì zhī ài jī, néng gēwǔ. Měi jiàn bīnliáo wénzhāng yǒu qílì zhòngyì zhě, jí fù Xuě'ér xié yīnlǜ yǐ gē zhī. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    From: c. early 18th century, 安陽酒民, 情夢柝
    Ruòsù dào: “Nǐ bù zhòngyì me?” Qīn'ér dài xiào dào: “Shénme zhòngyì bù zhòngyì? Zhǐ gù pánwèn, xiǎojiě shàobùdé kànjiàn jiù zhīdào. Dàn tā zài zhèlǐ, wèibì chángjiǔ.” [Pinyin]
    Ruosu asks, “Do you not like him?” Qin’er says with a smile, “What do you mean do I not like him? All you do is ask, miss, you’ll know when you’ll see it. But he’s not necessarily going to be here for long.”
** 1902, James Dyer Ball, How to Speak Cantonese, second edition, Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh, pages 76–77:
       gei$^2$ si$^{4-2}$ jau$^5$ haa$^6$ mun$^4$ bo$^1$ luk$^1$ ni$^1$? ngo$^5$ hou$^2$ zung$^1$ ji$^3$ sik$^6$ gaa$^3$. [Jyutping]
       When shall we get Amoy pumeloes? I like them very much.
    From: 2021, This Summer's Going to Be a Hot One, in Horimiya, season 1, episode 6
    Tā shéi a? ／ Tā jiù shì nǐ hěn zhòngyì de Gōngcūn [Pinyin]
    Who's he? / He's your oh-so-favorite Miyamura

##### Synonyms

* 合心 (héxīn)
* 合意 (héyì)
* 如意 (rúyì)
* 心甘 (xīngān)
* 滿／满 (mǎn)
* 滿意／满意 (mǎnyì)
* 滿足／满足 (mǎnzú)
* 甘心 (gānxīn) (usually in the negative)
* 稱心／称心 (chènxīn)
* 稱願／称愿 (chènyuàn)
* 順心／顺心 (shùnxīn) (literary)
* 飽足／饱足 (bǎozú) (literary)
* 饜足／餍足 (yànzú) (literary)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 好, 喜好, 愛好, 字 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 喜歡, 喜愛, 喜好, 愛好 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 喜歡, 好希, 稀罕, 愛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 喜歡, 愛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 喜歡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 喜歡 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 喜歡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 喜歡, 愛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 喜歡, 歡喜, 愛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 喜歡, 歡喜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 喜歡, 愛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 喜歡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 歡喜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 喜歡 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 中意, 歡喜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 中意, 好 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 歡喜, 中意 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 爽心, 中意 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 中意, 歡喜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 中意, 喜歡 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 中意, 蘇格 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 中意 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 歡喜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 中意, 好 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 中意 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 中意 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 中意 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 中意 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 歡喜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 中意, 好 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 中意, 好 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 中意, 好 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 中意, 合意, 好 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 中意, 好 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 佮意, 愛 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 中意 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 蘇格 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 喜歡, 歡喜 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 喜歡, 待見 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 愛, 喜歡 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 歡喜, 中意, 愛 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 歡喜, 意愛, 愛, 佮意, 舒合 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 佮意 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 歡喜, 意愛, 愛, 佮意 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 佮意 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 歡喜, 愛, 佮意 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 佮意, 意愛, 愛 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 舒合, 愛 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 舒合, 愛 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 愛, 佮意 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 歡喜, 愛, 喜歡 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 歡喜 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 好, 尚, 喜歡 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 歡喜, 愛, 好, 尚, 喜歡 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 愛, 癮$_2$, 尚, 喜歡 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 喜歡 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 舒合 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 歡喜 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 中意 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 字 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 歡喜 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 歡喜 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 歡喜, 看相, 中意 dated |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 喜歡 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 喜歡 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 喜歡 |

##### Descendants

* → Tagalog: tingi

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Zhōng-Yì
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zung$^1$ ji$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōng-Yì
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongyì
*** Wade–Giles: Chung$^1$-i$^4$
*** Yale: Jūng-yì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongyih
*** Palladius: Чжунъи (Čžunʺi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ i⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zung$^1$ ji$^3$
*** Yale: jūng yi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzung$^1$ ji$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zung$^1$ yi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː³³/

#### Noun

中意
* China and Italy

#### Adjective

中意
* Sino-Italian