HSK 5 · Verbs

智慧 zhìhuì “wisdom” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 智慧 means

  1. wisdom
  2. knowledge
  3. intelligence

How to say 智慧

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale智zhì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale慧huì4th tone, falling

智慧 in a sentence

  1. 他很有智慧。

    Tā hěn yǒu zhìhuì.

    He’s very wise.

    Sentence #11512523 from Tatoeba

  2. 哲学就是爱智慧。

    Zhéxué jiùshì ài zhìhuì.

    Philosophy is the love of wisdom.

    Sentence #1471514 from Tatoeba

  3. 他的智慧非凡。

    Tā de zhìhuì fēifán.

    His wisdom is extraordinary.

    Sentence #778481 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 智慧 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 智 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
智zhìwise; wisdom
  • 知to know · zhī
  • 日sun · rì
The character 慧 (huì) with each of its parts in a different colour
慧huìintelligent
  • 彗comet · huìSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 彗 (huì) hints at the sound. Compare it with huì.

How to write 智慧

智 12 strokes · 慧 15 strokes

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

Words related to 智慧

Words with 智

理智lǐzhì · reason机智jīzhì · quick-witted明智míngzhì · wise智力zhìlì · intelligence智商zhìshāng · IQ智能zhìnéng · smart

More words: Thinking & Talking

赞美zànměi · to admire责备zébèi · to blame争论zhēnglùn · to argue征求zhēngqiú · to solicit主张zhǔzhāng · to advocate祝福zhùfú · blessing转告zhuǎngào · to pass on咨询zīxún · to consult

FAQs

智慧 (zhìhuì) means “wisdom” or “knowledge”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhìhuì: zhì with a 4th tone, then huì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 智慧 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhihui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 智慧 from the suggestions. Typing zhihui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
智慧 is an HSK 5 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.