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Definitions

  1. 1. justice
  2. 2. righteousness
  3. 3. meaning
  4. 4. foster (father etc)
  5. 5. adopted
  6. 6. artificial (tooth, limb etc)
  7. 7. relationship
  8. 8. friendship

Words Containing 义

主义
zhǔ yì

-ism

侠义
xiá yì

chivalrous

名义
míng yì

name

含义
hán yì

meaning (implicit in a phrase)

天经地义
tiān jīng dì yì

lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper

官僚主义
guān liáo zhǔ yì

bureaucracy

定义
dìng yì

definition

帝国主义
dì guó zhǔ yì

imperialism

广义
guǎng yì

broad sense

意义
yì yì

sense

正义
zhèng yì

justice

涵义
hán yì

content

社会主义
shè huì zhǔ yì

socialism

义务
yì wù

duty

义工
yì gōng

volunteer worker

见义勇为
jiàn yì yǒng wéi

to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth

贬义
biǎn yì

derogatory sense

资本主义
zī běn zhǔ yì

capitalism

起义
qǐ yì

uprising

三侠五义
sān xiá wǔ yì

Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話|评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆

三国演义
sān guó yǎn yì

Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[luó guàn zhōng], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[liú bèi] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[shǔ hàn] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[cáo cāo] Wei 魏[wèi] as villains

三民主义
sān mín zhǔ yì

Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s)

三义
sān yì

Sanyi township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[miáo lì xiàn], northwest Taiwan

三义乡
sān yì xiāng

Sanyi township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[miáo lì xiàn], northwest Taiwan

下定义
xià dìng yì

to define

不承认主义
bù chéng rèn zhǔ yì

policy of non-recognition

不抵抗主义
bù dǐ kàng zhǔ yì

policy of nonresistance

不义
bù yì

injustice

不义之财
bù yì zhī cái

ill-gotten wealth or gains

中国中心主义
zhōng guó zhōng xīn zhǔ yì

Sinocentrism

中国共产主义青年团
zhōng guó gòng chǎn zhǔ yì qīng nián tuán

Communist Youth League of China

中国特色社会主义
zhōng guó tè sè shè huì zhǔ yì

socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era

主观主义
zhǔ guān zhǔ yì

subjectivism

享乐主义
xiǎng lè zhǔ yì

hedonism

享乐主义者
xiǎng lè zhǔ yì zhě

hedonist

人文主义
rén wén zhǔ yì

humanism

人民起义
rén mín qǐ yì

popular uprising

人道主义
rén dào zhǔ yì

humanism

仁人义士
rén rén yì shì

those with lofty ideals (idiom)

仁义
rén yì

benevolence and righteousness

仁义
rén yi

affable and even-tempered

仁义道德
rén yì dào dé

compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues

仁至义尽
rén zhì yì jìn

extreme benevolence, utmost duty (idiom); meticulous virtue and attention to duty

仗义
zhàng yì

to be loyal (to one's friends)

仗义执言
zhàng yì zhí yán

to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle

仗义疏财
zhàng yì shū cái

to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy

来义
lái yì

Laiyi township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan

来义乡
lái yì xiāng

Laii township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan

保守主义
bǎo shǒu zhǔ yì

conservatism

保环主义
bǎo huán zhǔ yì

environmentalism

保护主义
bǎo hù zhǔ yì

protectionism

信义
xìn yì

Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan

信义区
xìn yì qū

Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan

信义乡
xìn yì xiāng

Xinyi or Hsinyi Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan

修正主义
xiū zhèng zhǔ yì

revisionism

个人主义
gè rén zhǔ yì

individualism

假仁假义
jiǎ rén jiǎ yì

hypocrisy

假借义
jiǎ jiè yì

the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jiǎ jiè zì] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[ér] originally meant \beard\ but acquired the meaning \and\)

傅作义
fù zuò yì

Fu Zuoyi (1895-1974), Guomindang general, subsequently PRC top general and politician

内涵意义
nèi hán yì yì

(semantics) connotative meaning

全民义务植树日
quán mín yì wù zhí shù rì

National Tree Planting Day (March 12th), as known as Arbor Day 植樹節|植树节[zhí shù jié]

公民义务
gōng mín yì wù

civil obligation

公义
gōng yì

righteousness

共产主义
gòng chǎn zhǔ yì

communism

共产主义青年团
gòng chǎn zhǔ yì qīng nián tuán

the Communist Youth League

冒险主义
mào xiǎn zhǔ yì

adventurism (a left-wing error against Mao's line during the 1930s)

分产主义
fēn chǎn zhǔ yì

(economics) distributism

分裂主义
fēn liè zhǔ yì

separatism

分离主义
fēn lí zhǔ yì

separatism

列宁主义
liè níng zhǔ yì

Leninism

利他主义
lì tā zhǔ yì

altruism

利己主义
lì jǐ zhǔ yì

egoism

割袍断义
gē páo duàn yì

to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom)

刘义庆
liú yì qìng

Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世說新語|世说新语[shì shuō xīn yǔ]

功利主义
gōng lì zhǔ yì

utilitarianism

南昌起义
nán chāng qǐ yì

Nanchang Uprising, 1st August 1927, the beginning of military revolt by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War

卦义
guà yì

interpretation of the divinatory trigrams

印象主义
yìn xiàng zhǔ yì

impressionism

原义
yuán yì

original meaning

反智主义
fǎn zhì zhǔ yì

anti-intellectualism

反犹太主义
fǎn yóu tài zhǔ yì

antisemitism

反义
fǎn yì

antonymous

反义字
fǎn yì zì

character with opposite meaning

反义词
fǎn yì cí

antonym

古义
gǔ yì

ancient meaning

合义复词
hé yì fù cí

compound word such as 教室[jiào shì] or 國家|国家[guó jiā], whose meaning is related to the component hanzi, unlike compounds such as 玫瑰[méi guī]

同义
tóng yì

synonymous

同义反复
tóng yì fǎn fù

tautology

同义字
tóng yì zì

synonym

同义词
tóng yì cí

synonym

同义语
tóng yì yǔ

synonym

名义上
míng yì shàng

nominally

名义价值
míng yì jià zhí

nominal value

名义账户
míng yì zhàng hù

nominal bank account

和平主义
hé píng zhǔ yì

pacifism

唯心主义
wéi xīn zhǔ yì

philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness

唯物主义
wéi wù zhǔ yì

materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality

启蒙主义
qǐ méng zhǔ yì

Enlightenment (philosophy)

单边主义
dān biān zhǔ yì

unilateralism

嘉义
jiā yì

Chiayi, a city and county in west Taiwan

嘉义市
jiā yì shì

Chiayi city in central Taiwan

嘉义县
jiā yì xiàn

Jiayi or Chiayi County in west Taiwan

国家主义
guó jiā zhǔ yì

nationalism

国家社会主义
guó jiā shè huì zhǔ yì

national socialism

国际主义
guó jì zhǔ yì

internationalism

国际共产主义运动
guó jì gòng chǎn zhǔ yì yùn dòng

Comintern

地方主义
dì fāng zhǔ yì

regionalism

外貌主义
wài mào zhǔ yì

lookism

多元文化主义
duō yuán wén huà zhǔ yì

multiculturalism

多义
duō yì

polysemy

多义性
duō yì xìng

equivocality

多义词
duō yì cí

polyseme

多行不义必自毙
duō xíng bù yì bì zì bì

persisting in evil brings about self-destruction (idiom)

多音多义字
duō yīn duō yì zì

character having several readings and meanings

大汉族主义
dà hàn zú zhǔ yì

Greater Han nationalism

大泽乡起义
dà zé xiāng qǐ yì

Dazexiang Uprising, another name for 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义[chén shèng wú guǎng qǐ yì]

大男人主义
dà nán rén zhǔ yì

male chauvinism

大男子主义
dà nán zǐ zhǔ yì

male chauvinism

大男子主义者
dà nán zǐ zhǔ yì zhě

male chauvinist

大义
dà yì

righteousness

大义凛然
dà yì lǐn rán

devotion to righteousness that inspires reverence (idiom)

大义灭亲
dà yì miè qīn

to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it

天体主义
tiān tǐ zhǔ yì

nudism

失败主义
shī bài zhǔ yì

defeatism

女性主义
nǚ xìng zhǔ yì

feminism

女权主义
nǚ quán zhǔ yì

feminism

孑孑为义
jié jié wéi yì

petty favors

字义
zì yì

meaning of a character

存在主义
cún zài zhǔ yì

existentialism

孝义
xiào yì

Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西

孝义市
xiào yì shì

Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西

安义
ān yì

Anyi county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi

安义县
ān yì xiàn

Anyi county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi

完美主义者
wán měi zhǔ yì zhě

perfectionist

宗派主义
zōng pài zhǔ yì

sectarianism

定义域
dìng yì yù

domain (math.)

客观主义
kè guān zhǔ yì

objectivist philosophy

客观唯心主义
kè guān wéi xīn zhǔ yì

objective idealism (in Hegel's philosophy)

实利主义
shí lì zhǔ yì

utilitarianism

实力主义
shí lì zhǔ yì

meritocracy

实用主义
shí yòng zhǔ yì

pragmatism

实证主义
shí zhèng zhǔ yì

positivism

封建主义
fēng jiàn zhǔ yì

feudalism

封神演义
fēng shén yǎn yì

Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[zhōu wǔ wáng] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc

专制主义
zhuān zhì zhǔ yì

absolutism

小团体主义
xiǎo tuán tǐ zhǔ yì

cliquism

尚义
shàng yì

Shangyi county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[zhāng jiā kǒu], Hebei

尚义县
shàng yì xiàn

Shangyi county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[zhāng jiā kǒu], Hebei

就义
jiù yì

to be killed for a righteous cause

崇义
chóng yì

Chongyi county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[gàn zhōu], Jiangxi

崇义县
chóng yì xiàn

Chongyi county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[gàn zhōu], Jiangxi

左倾机会主义
zuǒ qīng jī huì zhǔ yì

leftist opportunism (blamed for failures of Chinese communists from 1927)

巴枯宁主义
bā kū níng zhǔ yì

Bakuninism, a 19th century socialist theory

平均主义
píng jūn zhǔ yì

egalitarianism

平等主义
píng děng zhǔ yì

egalitarianism

广义相对论
guǎng yì xiāng duì lùn

general relativity

建构正义理论
jiàn gòu zhèng yì lǐ lùn

constructivist theory

引申义
yǐn shēn yì

extended meaning (of an expression)

形式主义
xíng shì zhǔ yì

Formalism (art)

后现代主义
hòu xiàn dài zhǔ yì

postmodernism

微言大义
wēi yán dà yì

subtle words with profound meaning (idiom)

忘恩负义
wàng ēn fù yì

to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend

忠义
zhōng yì

loyal and righteous

急公好义
jí gōng hào yì

public-spirited

恐怖主义
kǒng bù zhǔ yì

terrorism

恐怖主义者
kǒng bù zhǔ yì zhě

terrorist

恩断义绝
ēn duàn yì jué

to split up

恩义
ēn yì

feelings of gratitude and loyalty

情义
qíng yì

affection

意义变化
yì yì biàn huà

change of meaning

爱国主义
ài guó zhǔ yì

patriotism

慷慨赴义
kāng kǎi fù yì

heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause

宪政主义
xiàn zhèng zhǔ yì

constitutionalism

折衷主义
zhé zhōng zhǔ yì

eclecticism

拜金主义
bài jīn zhǔ yì

money worship

拿来主义
ná lái zhǔ yì

the attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc)

舍生取义
shě shēng qǔ yì

to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius)

排犹主义
pái yóu zhǔ yì

antisemitism

改良主义
gǎi liáng zhǔ yì

reformism (i.e. favoring gradual change as opposed to revolution)

教条主义
jiào tiáo zhǔ yì

dogmatism

教义
jiào yì

creed

教义和圣约
jiào yì hé shèng yuē

Doctrine and Covenants

文牍主义
wén dú zhǔ yì

red tape

斯多葛主义
sī duō gě zhǔ yì

Stoicism

斯大林主义
sī dà lín zhǔ yì

Stalinism

新古典主义
xīn gǔ diǎn zhǔ yì

neoclassicism

新柏拉图主义
xīn bó lā tú zhǔ yì

neo-Platonism (philosophical system combining Platonism with mysticism)

新殖民主义
xīn zhí mín zhǔ yì

neocolonialism

新民主主义
xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì

New Democracy

新民主主义论
xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì lùn

On New Democracy (1940), by Mao Zedong

新民主主义革命
xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng

(Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution)

新义州市
xīn yì zhōu shì

Shin'ŭiju, capital of North Pyong'an Province, North Korea

断章取义
duàn zhāng qǔ yì

to quote out of context (idiom)

普鲁东主义
pǔ lǔ dōng zhǔ yì

Proudhonism, 19th century socialist theory

晓以大义
xiǎo yǐ dà yì

to reason with sb

有情有义
yǒu qíng yǒu yì

affectionate and true

有意义
yǒu yì yì

to make sense

有统计学意义
yǒu tǒng jì xué yì yì

statistically significant

望文生义
wàng wén shēng yì

lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning

朝鲜民主主义人民共和国
cháo xiǎn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì rén mín gòng hé guó

People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)