HSK 6 · Adjectives

机智 jīzhì “quick-witted” in Chinese

Traditional 機智

What 机智 means

  1. quick-witted
  2. resourceful
  3. wit

How to say 机智

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale机jī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale智zhì4th tone, falling

机智 in a sentence

  1. 他是个机智的人。

    Tā shì ge jīzhì de rén.

    He is a quick-witted man.

    Sentence #349551 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 机智 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 机 (jī) with each of its parts in a different colour
机jīmachine; mechanism
  • 木tree · mù
  • 几table · jī

Memory aidA small table 几 made of wood 木: a machine. 几 (jī) also gives the sound.

The character 智 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
智zhìwise; wisdom
  • 知to know · zhī
  • 日sun · rì

How to write 机智

机 6 strokes · 智 12 strokes

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机智 (jīzhì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 机智 (jīzhì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 机智

Words with 机

飞机fēijī · aeroplane机场jīchǎng · airport手机shǒujī · mobile phone机票jīpiào · air ticket司机sījī · driver机会jīhuì · opportunity相机xiàngjī · camera耳机ěrjī · headphones关机guānjī · to turn off (a device)开机kāijī · to switch on (a device)

Words with 智

智慧zhìhuì · wisdom理智lǐzhì · reason明智míngzhì · wise智力zhìlì · intelligence智商zhìshāng · IQ智能zhìnéng · smart

More words: Adjectives

精心jīngxīn · meticulous精致jīngzhì · exquisite紧迫jǐnpò · urgent吉祥jíxiáng · lucky倔强juéjiàng · stubborn剧烈jùliè · violent举足轻重jǔzúqīngzhòng · to play a decisive role开阔kāikuò · wide

FAQs

机智 (jīzhì) means “quick-witted” or “resourceful”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jīzhì: jī with a 1st tone, then zhì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 机智 is written 機智. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jizhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 机智 from the suggestions. Typing jizhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
机智 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.