本意

Example sentences

• nǐ你suǒ所shuō说dehuà的话qǔjuéyú取决于nǐ你de的běnyì本意。
  The word you use depends on your intended meaning.
• zìsī自私búshì不是wǒ我de的běnyì本意。
  I didn't mean to be selfish.
• nà那búshì不是wǒ我de的běnyì本意。
  That wasn't my intention.
• “hútòng胡同”zhège这个cí词，běnyì本意shì是“shuǐjǐng水井”，láiyuányú来源于700niánqián年前de的měnggǔyǔ蒙古语。
  The term "hutong", originally meaning "water well", came from the Mongolian language about 700 years ago.