他意

Chinese

		he; him; other	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
trad. (他意)		他	意
simp. ^#(他意)		他	意

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tāyì

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄚㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tāyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄚㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tayì
  - Wade–Giles: tʻa¹-i⁴
  - Yale: tā-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayih
  - Palladius: таи (tai)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵⁵ i⁵¹/

Noun

他意

other intention; other motive
別無他意／别无他意 ― biéwútāyì ― There is no other purpose.
ulterior motive

Japanese

Kanji in this term
他	意
た Grade: 3	い Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たい [táꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ta̠i]

Noun

他(た)意(い) • (tai)

other intention
ulterior motive

Idioms

他意(たい)はない (tai wa nai): (honestly) there is no other purpose

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.