AdverbsHSK 4
Expressing "deliberately / on purpose" with 故意
故意 is an adverb meaning "deliberately" or "on purpose," used to emphasize that an action was done with intent rather than by accident.
It typically appears before a verb to describe the speaker's or subject's intentional action.
Structure
Subj. + 故意 + Verb (+ Object)
Place 故意 directly before the verb to indicate the action is intentional.
Examples
- 他故意没回答我的问题。Tā gù yì méi huí dá wǒ de wèn tí.He deliberately didn't answer my question.
- 对不起，我不是故意的。Duì bu qǐ, wǒ bú shì gù yì de.I'm sorry, I didn't do it on purpose.
- 她故意把声音说得很大。Tā gù yì bǎ shēng yīn shuō dé hěn dà.She purposely spoke very loudly.
- 别故意惹他生气。Bié gù yì rě tā shēng qì.Don't deliberately make him angry.
- 小明故意打碎了那个杯子。Xiǎo míng gù yì dǎ suì le nà ge bēi zi.Xiao Ming broke that glass on purpose.