特意 | tè yì | specially / intentionally | ![]() ![]() |
成心 | chéng xīn | intentionally / deliberately / on purpose | ![]() ![]() |
有意 | yǒu yì | to intend / intentionally / interested in | ![]() ![]() |
刻意 | kè yì | intentionally / deliberately / purposely / painstakingly / meticulously | ![]() ![]() |
捣乱 | dǎo luàn | to disturb / to look for trouble / to stir up a row / to bother sb intentionally | ![]() ![]() |
有意无意 | yǒu yì wú yì | intentionally or otherwise | ![]() ![]() |
放话 | fàng huà | to give orders / to spread news or rumors / to leak certain information intentionally | ![]() |
空耳 | kōng ěr | to intentionally reinterpret a spoken expression as if one had misheard it, for the sake of humor (often, it is a phrase in a foreign language twisted into a similar-sounding phrase in one's native language with a completely different meaning) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 空耳 / "soramimi") | ![]() |