# 大意 (dàyi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 大意 (dàyi) means “careless; negligent”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: careless; negligent
- Pinyin: dàyi (da4 yi5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6
- Other readings: dàyì — general idea; main idea

## Examples

- 因为他的大意，实验失败了。
  Yīnwèi tā de dàyi, shíyàn shībài le.
  Because of his carelessness, the experiment failed.

## Characters

- [大](https://hanziro.com/word/da-big/) (dà): big; large
- 意 (yì): idea; thought; meaning; sense; intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind

https://hanziro.com/word/da-yi-careless/

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Audio: audio-cmn (CC BY-SA).