可意

kěyì
adjective #32,972

Meanings

  1. 1 pleasing; satisfying; to one's liking
  2. 2 agreeable

Examples

Zhè fèn lǐwù tǐng kěyì de.
This gift is quite pleasing.
Tā zhǎole bàntiān, méi zhǎodào yī jiàn kěyì de yīfu.
He searched for ages but didn't find a single piece of clothing he liked.

Tips

register
可意 = (worthy of) + (one's mind/heart) → 'something the heart can settle on'. It is colloquial and slightly old-fashioned, common in northern speech and earlier vernacular fiction (《红楼梦》 etc.). Modern equivalents are 称心 (chènxīn) and 满意 (mǎnyì).

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