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意识

yì shí

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 意識

意识 (yì shí) means "consciousness". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 意识 means

1. consciousness; awareness
2. (usu. followed by {到|dào}) to be aware of; to realize

The characters in 意识

• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 识shíto know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. shì

Example sentences

• 我意识到了。
  I'm aware of that.
• 语言就是意识。
  Language is awareness.
• 汤姆有环保意识。
  Tom is environmentally conscious.
• 有一天你会意识到它
  Yǒu yī tiān nǐ huìyì shí dào tā
  The day will come when you will realize it.
• 他已经意识到它了。
  He already knew about it.
• 汤姆意识到了什么。
  Tom realized something.

Words starting with 意识

• 意识到yì shí dàoto be aware of; to realize
• 意识形态yì shí xíng tàiideology
• 意识流yì shí liústream of consciousness (in literature)
• 意识型态yì shí xíng tàivariant of 意识形态

Words containing 意识

• 下意识xià yì shísubconscious mind
• 潜意识qián yì shíunconscious mind; subconscious mind; subconsciousness
• 有意识yǒu yì shíconscious
• 无意识wú yì shíunconscious; involuntary
• 思想意识sī xiǎng yì shíconsciousness
• 前意识qián yì shípreconscious; preconsciousness
• 自我意识zì wǒ yì shíself-awareness
• 语音意识yǔ yīn yì shíphonetic awareness
• 超前意识chāo qián yì shíforesight

Where 意识 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.

Go deeper

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