下意识

下意識

xiàyìshí

noun HSK 7-9 #20,792

Meanings

Below consciousness - the subconscious.

他下意识地后退了一步。

Tā xiàyìshí de hòutuì le yī bù.

He instinctively took a step back.

她下意识地摸了摸口袋。

Tā xiàyìshí de mō le mō kǒudài.

She subconsciously reached for her pocket.

这是一种下意识的反应。

Zhè shì yī zhǒng xiàyìshí de fǎnyìng.

This is a subconscious reaction.

grammar

下意识 works as both a noun (下意识的反应 = subconscious reaction) and an adverb (下意识地 + verb = subconsciously did something).

下 xià

意 yì

识 shí