Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

wisdom; knowledge

Chinese: 知识。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “zhi” becomes a different word in each tone. 智 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 智力zhì lìintelligence; intellect
  • 智能zhì néngintelligent; able; smart (phone, system, bomb etc)
  • 智慧zhì huìwisdom; intelligence
  • 理智lǐ zhìreason; intellect; rationality; rational
  • 智商zhì shāngIQ (intelligence quotient)

Example Sentence

这个谜语需要一点儿智慧才能猜出来。Zhè ge mí yǔ xū yào yì diǎnr zhì huì cái néng cāi chū lái.This riddle takes some wisdom to solve.

这个zhè ge(pronoun) this谜语mí yǔriddle需要xū yàoto need一点儿yī diǎn rerhua variant of 一点智慧zhì huìwisdom才能cái néngtalentcāito guess出来chū láito come out