HSK 6 · Adjectives

明智 míngzhì “wise” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 明智 means

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

How to say 明智

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale明míng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale智zhì4th tone, falling

明智 in a sentence

  1. 那是个明智的选择。

    Nà shì ge míngzhì de xuǎnzé.

    That’s a wise choice.

    Sentence #14037704 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他的忠告总是很明智。

    Tā de zhōnggào zǒngshì hěn míngzhì.

    His advice is always very sensible.

    Sentence #332936 from Tatoeba

  3. 我不觉得那是一个明智的决定。

    Wǒ bù juéde nà shì yí ge míngzhì de juédìng.

    I don’t think that was a wise decision.

    Sentence #517479 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 明智 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 明 (míng) with each of its parts in a different colour
明míngbright
  • 日sun · rì
  • 月moon · yuè

Memory aidThe light of the sun 日 and the moon 月 together: bright.

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 明智

明 8 strokes · 智 12 strokes

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

Words related to 明智

Words with 明

明天míngtiān · tomorrow明年míngnián · next year明白míngbai · clear聪明cōngming · intelligent说明shuōmíng · to explain证明zhèngmíng · proof明确míngquè · clear表明biǎomíng · to make clear发明fāmíng · to invent光明guāngmíng · bright

Words with 智

智慧zhìhuì · wisdom理智lǐzhì · reason机智jīzhì · quick-witted智力zhìlì · intelligence智商zhìshāng · IQ智能zhìnéng · smart

More words: Adjectives

猛烈měngliè · fierce勉强miǎnqiǎng · reluctantly渺小miǎoxiǎo · tiny名副其实míngfùqíshí · worthy of the name敏捷mǐnjié · quick敏锐mǐnruì · sharp迷人mírén · charming莫名其妙mòmíngqímiào · baffling

FAQs

明智 (míngzhì) means “wise” or “sensible”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it míngzhì: míng with a 2nd 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.
Yes. 明智 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mingzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 明智 from the suggestions. Typing mingzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
明智 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.