HSK 6 · Science

智能 zhìnéng “smart” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 智能 means

  1. smart
  2. intelligent (system)
  3. intelligence
  4. intelligent
  5. able
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • smart (phone, system, bomb etc)

How to say 智能

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale能néng2nd tone, rising

智能 in a sentence

  1. 以前有人以为火星上有智能生物。

    Yǐqián yǒurén yǐwéi Huǒxīng shàng yǒu zhìnéng shēngwù.

    People once thought there was intelligent life on Mars.

    Sentence #1214429 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 智能 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 能 (néng) with each of its parts in a different colour
能néngcan
  • 厶private · sī
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròu
  • 匕spoon · bǐ
  • 匕spoon · bǐ

Memory aidDrawn from a bear. It was borrowed for “can, be able to”.

How to write 智能

智 12 strokes · 能 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 智能

Words with 智

智慧zhìhuì · wisdom理智lǐzhì · reason机智jīzhì · quick-witted明智míngzhì · wise智力zhìlì · intelligence智商zhìshāng · IQ

Words with 能

能néng · can可能kěnéng · maybe只能zhǐnéng · can only能力nénglì · capability能够nénggòu · to be able to能干nénggàn · capable能源néngyuán · energy功能gōngnéng · function职能zhínéng · function能量néngliàng · energy

More words: Science & Technology

程序chéngxù · procedures充电器chōngdiànqì · battery charger电池diànchí · battery复制fùzhì · to duplicate运行yùnxíng · to run正负zhèngfù · positive and negative直径zhíjìng · diameter指令zhǐlìng · instruction

FAQs

智能 (zhìnéng) means “smart” or “intelligent (system)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhìnéng: zhì with a 4th tone, then néng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 智能 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhineng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 智能 from the suggestions. Typing zhineng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
智能 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.