知 zhī, zhì — to know
知
Level 1 · Common HSK 1 #1122
zhī zhi1
Detailed explanation
verb
- (会意。小篆字形，从口矢。 段玉裁:“识敏，故出于口者疾如矢也。”意思是:认识、知道的事物，可以脱口而出。本义:知道)
- know e.g 知不到 · 知风 · 知不道 · 知兵 · 知古今 · 知足不辱 · 知命不忧
- understand e.g 知道眉高眼低 · 知窍 · 知局 · 知臣莫若君 · 知子莫若父 · 知心着意 · 知我 · 知好歹 · 知情识趣 · 知高识底
- administer e.g 知更 · 知内外事 · 知客寮 · 知印 · 知贡举
- distinguish e.g 知时达变 · 知人则哲
- appreciate e.g 知遇 知爱 · 知器 · 知怜 · 知重
- be close friends e.g 知慰 · 知契
- perceive
- participate in;have a hand in
zhì zhi4
Basic definition
- adjective wise (old, same as 智)
- 同“智”，智慧。
Related words
- 知道 to know
- 知识 knowledge; learning
- 不知 not know; be unaware of
- 通知 to notify
- 知识分子 intellectuals; educated people; the intelligentsia
- 得知 to find out/to know/to learn about
- 知名 well known/famous
- 谁知 who would have thought; unexpectedly; little did one know
- 知识产权 intellectual property rights (IPR)
- 不知不觉 unconsciously; unwittingly; before one realizes it
- 知青 educated youth (sent to work in farms during cultural revolution)
- 告知 to inform; to notify
- 可知 evidently
- 知情 to know the facts/to understand/to be familiar with the situation
- 明知 to be fully aware of
- 认知 cognition/to acknowledge
- 深知 to know deeply; to be fully aware of
- 知名度 reputation
- 无知 ignorance
- 通知书 written notice