"meaning" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 意義
• 含義

Definition

指詞語、行為、符號或事件所表達或傳達的意思、訊息或含義。也就是某樣東西想表達的內容，或人們從中理解到的內容。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這個詞在日常交流和學術語境中都很常見。常見搭配有 'the meaning of a word'、'give meaning to' 和 'what do you mean?'；不要和動詞或形容詞 'mean' 混淆。

Examples

I don't know the meaning of this word.

我不知道這個單詞的**意思**。

The red light has a special meaning here.

紅燈在這裡有特殊的**含義**。

Her smile gave the moment more meaning.

她的微笑讓這一刻更有**意義**。

I get the words, but I’m not sure about the meaning behind them.

這些詞我懂，但我不太確定它們背後的**含義**。

After a while, the job started to lose its meaning for me.

過了一段時間，這份工作對我來說開始失去**意義**了。

We spent an hour talking about the deeper meaning of the movie.

我們花了一個小時討論這部電影更深層的**意義**。