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意志

yì zhì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

意志 (yì zhì) means "will; willpower; determination". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 意志 means

1. will; willpower; determination

The characters in 意志

• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 志zhìaspiration; ambition; the will

Example sentences

• 你的意志力很强。
  Nǐ de yìzhìlì hěn qiáng.
  You've got a strong will.
• 他是个自由意志主义者。
  Tā shì gè zìyóuyìzhìzhǔyì zhě.
  He's a libertarian.
• 灵魂是由理性、意志和情欲构成的。
  Línghún shì yóu lǐxìng, yìzhì hé qíngyù gòuchéng de.
  The soul is made up of reason, determination, and passion.
• 德意志联邦共和国建立于1949年。
  The Federal Republic of Germany was established in 1949.
• 自由意志主义在科技男的圈子里很受追捧。
  Libertarianism is fashionable in tech bro circles.
• 他仅凭借精神力量和意志力就达到了他所想要的生活。
  He got where he wanted to be in life by just using his raw mental strength and willpower.

Words starting with 意志

• 意志力yì zhì lìwillpower

Words containing 意志

• 德意志Dé yì zhìDeutschland; Germany
• 求生意志qiú shēng yì zhìwill to live; will to survive
• 自由意志zì yóu yì zhìfree will
• 德意志银行Dé yì zhì Yín hángDeutsche Bank
• 自由意志主义zì yóu yì zhì zhǔ yìlibertarianism
• 唯意志论wéi yì zhì lùnvoluntarism; metaphysical view, esp. due to Schopenhauer 叔本华
• 德意志学术交流中心Dé yì zhì Xué shù Jiāo liú Zhōng xīnGerman Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• 德意志民主共和国Dé yì zhì Mín zhǔ Gòng hé guóGerman Democratic Republic (East Germany), 1945-1990
• 德意志联邦共和国Dé yì zhì Lián bāng Gòng hé guóFederal Republic of Germany; former West Germany 1945-1990, now simply Germany

Sounds the same

Read yì zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 抑制to inhibit; to keep down; to suppress
• 益智to grow the intellect; Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger (Chinese medicine)
• 异质heterogeneous
• 逸致carefree mood

Where 意志 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yì (2) (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yì zhì correctly.
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