故意
Pinyin: gù yì
on purpose
Example sentence
他不是故意的。
Tā bú shì gùyì de.
He didn't do it on purpose.
What 故意 means
故意 (gù yì) is an Chinese word meaning “on purpose”. It belongs to the Grammar Words topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.