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明智

míng zhì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

明智 (míng zhì) means "sensible; wise; judicious". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 明智 means

1. sensible
2. wise
3. judicious
4. sagacious

The characters in 明智

• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear
• 智zhì(literary) wise; wisdom

Example sentences

• 老人看起来明智。
  The old man looked wise.
• 他那样做很不明智。
  It was foolish of him to do such a thing.
• 你应该更明智一点。
  You should be more reasonable.
• 他的忠告总是很明智。
  His advice is always very sensible.
• 你做了一个明智的选择。
  Nǐ zuò le yī gè míngzhì de xuǎnzé.
  You made a wise choice.
• 你听从她的忠告是明智的。
  It was sensible of you to follow her advice.

Words starting with 明智

• 明智之举míng zhì zhī jǔsensible act

Sounds the same

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

• 明治Meiji, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1868-1912) of the Meiji emperor
• 明志to demonstrate one's sincere convictions

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read míng zhì correctly.
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