意味

yìwèi

verb HSK 7-9 #2,811

Meanings

HSK 2

这意味着什么？

Zhè yìwèizhe shénme?

What does this mean?

HSK 4

下雨并不意味着我们不能出去。

Xiàyǔ bìngbù yìwèizhe wǒmen bùnéng chūqù.

Rain doesn't mean we can't go out.

HSK 5

他的沉默意味着同意。

Tā de chénmò yìwèizhe tóngyì.

His silence implied agreement.

grammar

意味 is almost always used with 着 as 意味着. Without 着 it sounds incomplete in modern Chinese.

usage

意味着 is more formal than 表示 and often used for abstract implications or consequences.

意 yì

味 wèi