主意 zhǔyi▶ idea

Stroke order

主意 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 主 — 5 strokes
• 意 — 13 strokes

Senses

1. plan
2. idea
3. decision

Related words

• 得意Orgulloso
• 意见Opinión
• 故意deliberadamente
• 生意negocio
• 主人maestro
• 主任Director

主意 is pronounced zhǔyi and means “idea”. You will meet it in HSK 4, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 主意 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.