故意 gùyì▶ โดยเจตนา

Stroke order

故意 is written in 22 strokes across 2 characters.

• 故 — 9 strokes
• 意 — 13 strokes

Example sentences

• 他不是故意的。Tā bú shì gùyì de.He did not do it on purpose.
• 你是故意迟到的吗？Nǐ shì gùyì chídào de ma?Were you late on purpose?

Related words

• 主意ความคิด
• 得意ภูมิใจ, หยิ่ง
• 意见ความเห็น
• 生意ธุรกิจ
• 同意เห็นด้วย, ตกลง
• 意义ความสำคัญ

故意 is pronounced gùyì and means “โดยเจตนา”. HSK 4 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 故意 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.