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智

zhì

HSK 5 Character

What 智 means

1. literarywise; wisdom

Example sentences

• 我叫智星。
  My name is Jisung.
• 他很有智慧。
  He's very wise.
• 他的智慧非凡。
  Tā de zhìhuì fēifán.
  He is remarkable for his wisdom.
• 智利不是中国。
  Zhìlì bù shì Zhōngguó.
  Chile is not China.
• 吃一堑长一智。
  Chī yī qiàn cháng yī zhì.
  A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
• 汤姆失去理智了。
  Tāngmǔ shīqù lǐzhì le.
  Tom has lost his mind.

Words starting with 智

• 智慧zhì huìwisdom; intelligence
• 智能zhì néngintelligent; able; smart (phone, system, bomb etc)
• 智力zhì lìintelligence; intellect
• 智商zhì shāngIQ (intelligence quotient)
• 智者zhì zhěsage; wise man; clever and knowledgeable person
• 智利Zhì lìChile
• 智取zhì qǔto take by ruse; to outwit; to outsmart
• 智人zhì rénHomo sapiens
• 智库zhì kùthink tank; intellectual resource
• 智牙zhì yáwisdom tooth
• 智育zhì yùintellectual development
• 智识zhì shíknowledge; learning; (attributive) intellectual
• 智障zhì zhànglearning difficulties (handicap); retarded
• 智多星zhì duō xīngresourceful person; mastermind
• 智神星Zhì shén xīngPallas, an asteroid, discovered in 1802 by H.W. Olbers
• 智能卡zhì néng kǎsmart card
• 智能体zhì néng tǐ(computing) intelligent agent; AI agent
• 智力低下zhì lì dī xiàmental retardation
• 智力测验zhì lì cè yànintelligence test
• 智力玩具zhì lì wán jùeducational toy
• 智能手机zhì néng shǒu jīsmartphone
• 智能手表zhì néng shǒu biǎosmartwatch
• 智能设计zhì néng shè jìintelligent design (religion)
• 智障人士zhì zhàng rén shìperson with learning difficulties (handicap); retarded person

Words containing 智

• 理智lǐ zhìreason; intellect; rationality
• 机智jī zhìquick-witted; resourceful
• 明智míng zhìsensible; wise; judicious
• 弱智ruò zhìweak-minded; mentally deficient; retarded
• 睿智ruì zhìwise and farsighted
• 心智xīn zhìmind; mental faculties
• 才智cái zhìability and wisdom
• 神智shén zhìmind; wisdom; consciousness
• 聪明才智cōng ming cái zhìintelligence and ability
• 益智yì zhìto grow the intellect; Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger (Chinese medicine)
• 急中生智jí zhōng shēng zhìquick witted in an emergency; able to react resourcefully
• 人工智能rén gōng zhì néngartificial intelligence (AI)
• 见仁见智jiàn rén jiàn zhìopinions differ (idiom)
• 不智bù zhìunwise
• 反智fǎn zhìanti-intellectual
• 失智shī zhìto suffer a loss of cognitive function; to develop dementia
• 急智jí zhìquick witted; able to think fast in an emergency
• 众智zhòng zhìcrowd knowledge; collective wisdom
• 人智学rén zhì xuéanthroposophy
• 反智论fǎn zhì lùnanti-intellectualism
• 心智图xīn zhì túmind map
• 美智子Měi zhì zǐMichiko, Japanese female given name; Empress Michiko of Japan (1934-)
• 黎智英Lí Zhì yīngLai Chee-ying, aka Jimmy Lai (1947–), Hong Kong media tycoon, prominent critic of the CCP…
• 做张做智zuò zhāng zuò zhìto put on an act (idiom); to pose; to show theatrical affectation…

Characters built on 知

These share the phonetic component 知 (zhī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 痴chīimbecile; sentimental; stupid
• 蜘zhīused in 蜘蛛
• 踟chíused in 踟蹰

Characters that look like 智

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 督dū(bound form) to supervise
• 替tìto substitute for; to take the place of; to replace
• 暂zàntemporary; Taiwan pr. zhàn
• 誉yùto praise; to acclaim; reputation
• 彗huìbroom
• 皙xī(literary) fair-skinned; of light complexion

Sounds the same

Read zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 至to arrive; most; to
• 质character; nature; quality
• 志aspiration; ambition; the will
• 制system; to control; to regulate
• 治to rule; to govern; to manage
• 置to install; to place; to put
• 致(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite
• 秩(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 滞(bound form) sluggish; stagnant
• 帜flag
• 挚sincere
• 掷to toss; to throw dice; Taiwan pr. zhí