Different Meanings of the Same Phrase "意思" in Chines Language I read a story in one of my friend's QQ space which is a place to post your life and thoughts like blog. A teacher said:" Oh, I have given an explanation to you, why don't you 意思（yisi）?" The students applauded. Then the teacher continued:"Next time, when I call for 意思， please wave notes of RMB." He said when he woke his daughter up, he would wave notes of RMB before her, and it really worked as the girl got up. I didn't get the point at the in the first place. Then I realized that it was a play of several meanings of "意思". When the teacher called for "意思", he was expecting reflactions or feedbacks. Under that context, He was asking for applauds. When he demanded the stutents to wave notes, he was making fun of another meaning of “意思”, it means bribe. We can usually see this scene in a movie. A gang member goes in to a samll restarant, rubbing his thumb againt index finger, says:"Hey, bro, it is time to yisi yisi." Here, he is asking for bribe, maybe proctection fee is more pricise. Of course, the basic meaning of yisi is eaqual to the English word "meaning". But there is an exception. If someone say "你到底什么意思!", you previous words must have annoyed him/her. Here, the sentence means "what at hell are you talking about! I disagree with you, and I am angry now." Please help me to revise the composition. If there are unnatural expressions, could you tell me how to put them?