HSK 6 · Body

知觉 zhījué “perception” in Chinese

Traditional 知覺

What 知觉 means

  1. perception
  2. consciousness

How to say 知觉

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale知zhī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale觉jué2nd tone, rising

知觉 in a sentence

  1. 他在麻醉剂的作用下，他失去了知觉。

    Tā zài mázuìjì de zuòyòng xià, tā shīqù le zhījué.

    He lost consciousness under the anaesthetic.

    Sentence #761048 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 大魔王终于失去知觉，砰的一声倒在了地上。

    Dà mówáng zhōngyú shīqù zhījué, pēng de yì shēng dǎo zài le dìshang.

    The demon lord finally lost consciousness and fell to the floor with a thud.

    Sentence #535802 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 知觉 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 知 (zhī) with each of its parts in a different colour
知zhīto know
  • 矢arrow · shǐSound part
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 矢 (shǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhī.

The character 觉 (jué) with each of its parts in a different colour
觉juéto feel
  • ⺍small form of 小 · xiǎoSound part
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 见to see · jiànMeaning part

见 hints at the meaning (to see); ⺍ (xiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with jué.

How to write 知觉

知 8 strokes · 觉 9 strokes

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

Words related to 知觉

Words with 知

知道zhīdao · to know (a fact)通知tōngzhī · to notify知识zhīshi · knowledge无知wúzhī · ignorant须知xūzhī · notice知足常乐zhīzúchánglè · contentment brings happiness众所周知zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī · as everyone knows

Words with 觉

睡觉shuìjiào · to sleep觉得juéde · to feel感觉gǎnjué · feeling自觉zìjué · conscious嗅觉xiùjué · sense of smell发觉fājué · to discover觉悟juéwù · awareness觉醒juéxǐng · to awaken

More words: People, Body & Health

眨zhǎ · to blink症状zhèngzhuàng · symptom脂肪zhīfáng · fat (body or dietary)指甲zhǐjia · fingernail肿瘤zhǒngliú · tumour皱纹zhòuwén · wrinkle注射zhùshè · to inject嘴唇zuǐchún · lip

FAQs

知觉 (zhījué) means “perception” or “consciousness”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhījué: zhī with a 1st tone, then jué with a 2nd 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, 知觉 is written 知覺. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhijue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 知觉 from the suggestions. Typing zhijue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
知觉 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.