HSK 6 · Education

智商 zhìshāng “IQ” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 智商 means

  1. IQ
  2. IQ (intelligence quotient)

How to say 智商

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale商shāng1st tone, high and level

智商 in a sentence

  1. 智商高不一定就能成功。

    Zhìshāng gāo bù yídìng jiù néng chénggōng.

    A high IQ doesn’t necessarily mean success.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这道题有点难，考验大家的智商。

    Zhè dào tí yǒudiǎn nán, kǎoyàn dàjiā de zhìshāng.

    This question is a bit hard and will test everyone’s intelligence.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 智商 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 商 (shāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
商shāngcommerce
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 冏bright · jiǒngMeaning part

冏 hints at the meaning (bright); 章 (zhāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with shāng.

How to write 智商

智 12 strokes · 商 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 智商

Words with 智

智慧zhìhuì · wisdom理智lǐzhì · reason机智jīzhì · quick-witted明智míngzhì · wise智力zhìlì · intelligence智能zhìnéng · smart

Words with 商

商店shāngdiàn · shop商场shāngchǎng · shopping mall商量shāngliang · to consult商业shāngyè · business经商jīngshāng · to be in business商品shāngpǐn · commodity商务shāngwù · business磋商cuōshāng · to consult协商xiéshāng · to consult商标shāngbiāo · trademark

More words: Education & Learning

循序渐进xúnxùjiànjìn · to progress step by step摘要zhāiyào · summary证书zhèngshū · certificate智力zhìlì · intelligence专题zhuāntí · special topic注释zhùshì · annotation钻研zuānyán · to study intensively作弊zuòbì · to cheat (in an exam)

FAQs

智商 (zhìshāng) means “IQ” or “IQ (intelligence quotient)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhìshāng: zhì with a 4th tone, then shāng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 智商 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhishang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 智商 from the suggestions. Typing zhishang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
智商 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.