HSK 6 · Emotions

意志 yìzhì “will” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 意志 means

  1. will
  2. willpower
  3. determination

How to say 意志

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale意yì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale志zhì4th tone, falling

意志 in a sentence

  1. 你的意志力很强。

    Nǐ de yìzhìlì hěn qiáng.

    You’ve got strong willpower.

    Sentence #2256415 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 意志 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 意 (yì) with each of its parts in a different colour
意yìidea; thought; meaning; sense
  • 音sound · yīnSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 音 (yīn) hints at the sound. Compare it with yì.

Memory aidA sound 音 from the heart 心: a thought, a meaning.

The character 志 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
志zhìaspiration
  • 士scholar · shì
  • 心heart · xīn

How to write 意志

意 13 strokes · 志 7 strokes

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

Words related to 意志

Words with 意

意思yìsi · meaning没意思méiyìsi · boring有意思yǒuyìsi · interesting不好意思bùhǎoyìsi · to feel embarrassed同意tóngyì · agree愿意yuànyì · be willing注意zhùyì · pay attention to满意mǎnyì · satisfied意见yìjiàn · idea得意déyì · proud of oneself

Words with 志

杂志zázhì · magazine标志biāozhì · sign志愿者zhìyuànzhě · volunteer志气zhìqì · aspiration同志tóngzhì · comrade

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

压抑yāyì · to suppress (emotions)野心yěxīn · ambition疑惑yíhuò · doubt毅力yìlì · perseverance诱惑yòuhuò · to tempt忧郁yōuyù · melancholy冤枉yuānwang · to wrong (someone)欲望yùwàng · desire

FAQs

意志 (yìzhì) means “will” or “willpower”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yìzhì: yì with a 4th 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. 意志 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yizhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 意志 from the suggestions. Typing yizhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
意志 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.