意譯

See also: 意译 and 意訳

Chinese

		idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)	to translate; to interpret
trad. (意譯)		意	譯
simp. (意译)		意	译
anagram		譯意／译意

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìyì

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ jik⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ì-e̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): i³ êg⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìyì
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-i⁴
  - Yale: yì-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihyih
  - Palladius: ии (ii)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    仡仡
    奕奕
    悒悒
    意義 / 意义
    意譯 / 意译
    熠熠
    異義 / 异义
    異議 / 异议
    翼翼
    譯意 / 译意
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji³ jik⁶
  - Yale: yi yihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ jik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi³ yig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ jɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì-e̍k
  - Tâi-lô: ì-i̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ie'ek
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i²¹⁻⁵³ iɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /i¹¹⁻⁵³ iɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²¹⁻⁴¹ iɪk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: i³ êg⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ì e̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ek̚⁴/

Verb

意譯

(linguistics, translation studies) to translate (a passage) freely; to translate using paraphrasing
(linguistics, translation studies) to translate (a word) into another language by meaning (as opposed to by sound); to calque

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “to translate freely”): 直譯／直译 (zhíyì)
(antonym(s) of “to translate a word by meaning”): 音譯／音译 (yīnyì)

Noun

意譯

(linguistics, translation studies) free translation; paraphrase
(linguistics, translation studies) word translated from another language by meaning; calque