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哲学

zhé xué

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 哲學

哲学 (zhé xué) means "philosophy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 哲学 means

1. philosophy

The characters in 哲学

• 哲zhéwise; a sage
• 学xuéto learn; to study; to imitate

Example sentences

• 哲学是什幺？
  What is philosophy?
• 哲学就是爱智慧。
  Zhéxué jiùshì ài zhìhuì.
  Philosophy is the love of wisdom.
• 我想成为哲学家。
  I wanted to become a philosopher.
• 我在大学主修哲学。
  I majored in philosophy at my university.
• 好奇是哲学家的本性。
  Hàoqí shì zhéxuéjiā de běnxìng.
  Wonder is the true character of the philosopher.
• 佛教是宗教还是哲学？
  Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy?

Words starting with 哲学

• 哲学家zhé xué jiāphilosopher
• 哲学史zhé xué shǐhistory of philosophy
• 哲学博士zhé xué bó shìDoctor of Philosophy; PhD

Words containing 哲学

• 柏拉图哲学Bó lā tú zhé xuéPlatonism

Where 哲学 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Philosophy & Logic (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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