意思

nǐ míng bai wǒ de yì si ma

你明白我的意思吗？

Do you understand what I mean?

wǒ méi tīng dǒng nǐ de yì si

我没听懂你的意思。

I didn't quite catch your meaning.

tā wán quán wù jiě le wǒ de yì si

他完全误解了我的意思。

He mistook my meaning entirely.

tā xiǎng gēn nǐ hé xiě yī piān wén zhāng nǐ shì bù shì yě yǒu zhè ge yì si

他想跟你合写一篇文章，你是不是也有这个意思？

He wants to write an article together with you and do you have the same wish?

wǒ de yì si shì nǐ men zǒu zhe qù

我的意思是，你们走着去。

In my opinion, you should walk.

nà gēn běn bù shì tā de yì si

那根本不是他的意思。

That isn't what he meant at all.

tā rèn wéi xià qí méi yǒu yì si

她认为下棋没有意思。

She thinks that playing chess is boring.

zhè kē sōng shù zhǎng dé xiàng zuò jīn zì tǎ zhēn yǒu yì si

这棵松树长得像座金字塔，真有意思。

It's very interesting to see the pine tree look like a pyramid.

yóu yǒng hěn yǒu yì si

游泳很有意思。

Swimming is a lot of fun.

wǒ de yī diǎn xiǎo yì si

我的一点小意思

little gift as a token of my appreciation

yǐ jīng jiǔ yuè le dàn shì yī diǎn qiū tiān de yì si dōu méi yǒu

已经九月了，但是一点秋天的意思都没有。

It's September already, but there isn't a hint of autumn.

tā chǒu le yī xià biǎo yì si shì wǒ gāi zǒu le

他瞅了一下表，意思是我该走了。

He glanced at his wristwatch to give me the hint that I should go.

tīng tā de yì si shì wǒ cuò le

听他的意思是我错了。

It appears from his statement that I'm wrong.