智识

智識
zhìshí
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 knowledge
  2. 2 learning
  3. 3 intellect

Examples

Tā shì yī wèi fùyǒu zhìshí de xuézhě.
He is a scholar of great learning.
Zhìshí jiēcéng zài shèhuì biàngé zhōng qǐ zhòngyào zuòyòng.
The intellectual class plays an important role in social change.

Tips

usage
Older / more literary cousin of 知识 (zhīshi, 'knowledge'). 智识 leans on (wisdom, intellect), so it implies wisdom plus knowledge rather than facts alone. Common in attributive use: 智识阶层 (the intellectual class), 智识分子 (intellectuals — variant of 知识分子).

Stroke Order

zhì
shí