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知识分子

zhī shi fèn zǐ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 知識分子

知识分子 (zhī shi fèn zǐ) means "intellectual; intelligentsia; learned person". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 知识分子 means

1. intellectual; intelligentsia

Other readings

知识分子 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhī shi fèn zǐvariant of {知识分子|zhī shi fèn zǐ}

The characters in 知识分子

• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 识shíto know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. shì
• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Words containing 知识分子

• 公共知识分子gōng gòng zhī shi fèn zǐpublic intellectual (sometimes used derogatorily)

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